Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural muivement that began in the early 1920s, an is best kent for its veesual airtwirks an writins. The aim wis tae "resolve the previously contradictory conditions o dream an reality". Airtists pentit unnervin, illogical scenes wi photographic preceesion, creatit strange creaturs frae everyday objects an developed pentin techniques that allaed the unconscious tae express itsel.[1]
| Years active | 1920s - ?1960s |
|---|---|
| Kintra | Fraunce, Belgium |
| Major figurs | Breton, Dalí, Ernst, Magritte |
| Influences | Dada |
| Influenced | Abstract expressionism, Post-modrenism |
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- ↑ ..., contributors Rachel Barnes (2001). The 20th-Century art book (Reprinted. ed.). London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 0714835420.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors leet (link)