ART / Movements / Surrealism

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

Delving into Freud’s concept of the psyche, the impact of culture on the human psyche (post–Industrial Revolution), the rise and influence of Surrealism on culture and the arts, and related interdisciplinary areas is a study of particular interest; however, understanding how these phenomena interact in modern society through the reading of this paper is an even more significant undertaking. This paper revisits and d…

Reference · Wikidata

international cultural movement that began in the early 1920s

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Surrealism is an art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of illogical or dreamlike scenes and ideas. Its intention was, according to leader André Breton, to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality", …

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Book · DOAB

This study investigates cultural exchange between the Surrealist movement and the People’s Republic of China (1949-present). Surrealist art was officially prohibited under Mao’s rule (1949-1976). However, the book interrogates potent tensions in clandestinely created surrealist artworks by Zhao Shou and Sha Qi, who discovered the movement while studying abroad. Furthermore, Walden explores how several European Surre…

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