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Dada and Surrealism 1916
•Founded in neutral Zurich in 1916–Group of refugees from WWI
•Overthrow authority and cultivate absurdity
•Denounce and shock
•Awaken the imagination
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Marcel DuchampFountain 1917
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Marcel DuchampNude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
(1913)
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Kurt SchwittersDas Undbild 1919
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Surrealism
• A direct off-spring of Dadaism• Flourished during 1920’s and 30’s
– Began as a literary movement
• Grew out of Freudian free-association and dream analysis
• Uncover truths unreachable by logic• Improvised Art • Others created hallucinatory scenes
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Giorgio De Chirico The Mystery and Melancholy of
a Street (1914)
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Joan Miro 1893-1983Dutch Interior II 1920
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Max ErnstThe Elephant Celebs 1921
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Max ErnstThe Preparation of Glue from
Bones 1921
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Max Ernst Two Children
Threatened by a Nightingale 1924
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Max ErnstL'Ange du foyer ou Le Triomphe du surréalisme
1937
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Marc ChagallI and the Village 1911
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Salvador DaliThe Persistence of Memory 1931
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Salvador DaliSwans Reflecting Elephants 1937
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Salvador DaliApparition of Face and Fruit Dish on Beach
1938
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Salvador DaliGeopoliticus Child Watching the
Birth of the New Man 1943
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Salvador DaliSoft Construction with Boiled Beans 1936
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Rene MagritteThe False Mirror 1928
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Rene MagritteGolconde 1953