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Genre of art and literature attempting to express the working of the subconscious and characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
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surrealism
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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
Wikipedia
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Surrealism was a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. The aim was to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality". Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes ...
Wiktionary
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n. An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1927, from French surréalisme (from sur- "beyond" + réalisme "realism"), according to OED coined c.1917 by Guillaume Apollinaire, taken over by Andre Breton as the name of the movement he launched in 1924 with "Manifeste de Surréalisme." Taken up in English ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Indeed, Lacan was much influenced by surrealism , and Bowie compares his writing to Finnegans Wake. ▪ M'ARS specialise in a distinctive form of traditionalism, close to surrealism . ▪ Much the opposite with postmodernist surrealism ...
Usage examples of surrealism.
La Pedrera with a striking personality which some have linked with European expressionism and others have defined as an anticipation of surrealism.
The secret faith of the 20th century is nostalgia for the archaic, nostalgia for the Paleolithic, and that gives us body piercing, abstract expressionism, surrealism, jazz, rock and roll, and Catastrophe Theory.
At some point in his development he had come under the influence of Dadaism, Surrealism, and Ultimate Googooism.
And this is where the future is taking us because the secret faith of the twentieth century is not modernism, the secret faith of the twentieth century is nostalgia for the archaic, nostalgia for the paleolithic, and that gives us body piercing, abstract expressionism, surrealism, jazz, rock-n-roll and catastrophe theory.
One_ postdated Dada and predated Surrealism, thereby providing a one-man bridge between the two major art movements of this century.
But the other two were photorealism with a strong element of surrealism.
I could even pick a visual arts style, from expressionism to surrealism, if you'd like.