Dadaism+and+surrealism

Alex Grigoriev


 * compare and contrast with analytical detail post-war surrealism and dadaism.**

Surrealism: 1. reality beyond the material world 2. portrayed fantasies, dreams, and nightmares 3. Salvador Dali was the greatest surrealist 4. painted //The Persistance of Memory// 5. irrational becomes tangible in works 6. can create a scary dream like world 7. recognizable objects were put in odd contexts 8. artists sought to reveal the unconscious 9. influenced by Freudian psychology Dadaism: 1. attempted to bring out the purposelessness of life 2. contempt for western lifestyles 3. everything, including dadaism, is useless 4. Tristan Tzara, one of the founders of dadaism 5. Hannah Hoche, used dada to express her view of womens role in society 6. featured photomontage 7. "dada dance" Hoches work that was used to criticize womens new fashion styles 8. the "...great rebellion of artistic movements" 9. grew popular after the nightmares of war 10. if life had meaning why would so many die for no reason