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What is the Surrealism movement in art?
Surrealism is a cultural movement that started in 1917, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes with photographic precision, created strange creatures from everyday objects, and developed painting techniques that allowed the unconscious to express itself.
What are characteristics of the Surrealism movement?
Surrealistic art is characterized by dream-like visuals, the use of symbolism, and collage images.
Tell me about the Surrealism movement's founding.
Founded by the poet André Breton in Paris in 1924, Surrealism was an artistic and literary movement. It proposed that the Enlightenment—the influential 17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement that championed reason and individualism—had suppressed the superior qualities of the irrational, unconscious mind.
Tell me about the series of manifestos in the Surrealism movement.
A Surrealist manifesto was written by Breton and published in 1924 as a booklet (Editions du Sagittaire). The document defines Surrealism as: Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express—verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner—the actual functioning of thought.
How is Surrealism movement different from Dada?
Dada and Surrealism were both movements of writers and poets, with visual artists as being part of the larger intellectual group, but in Surrealism the artists were somewhat less innovative than those in the Dada movement.
What is the importance of the Surrealism movement?
Surrealism allows us to see art in it's purest form because it stems from imagination rather than rational thought. Because of this, artists are able to better express their emotions and thoughts through this art form
Who are the most famous artists in the Surrealism movement?
The major Surrealist painters were Jean Arp, Max Ernst, André Masson, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Salvador Dalí, Pierre Roy, Paul Delvaux, and Joan Miró

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