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Meaning of SURREALISM

Pronunciation:  su'reeu`lizum

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 Definition: [n]  a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of Dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams
 
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 See Also: art movement, artistic movement, surrealist

 

 

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Surrealism
Here is the history of Surrealism from its beginnings to the present time. (Patrick) Waldberg sensibly gives the bulk of his space to the actual documents of the movementthe manifestos, the editorials, the outcries. Breton, Desnos, Eluard, Aragon, Ernstthese and others are represented. The pictorial documentation is even more lavishhere are all the major figures connected with the movement, `taken from the life, ` often by the perceptive camera of Man Ray .THE LISTENER. 197 illus. 8 in color.

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