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Surrealism Movement - The Art Story
Artworks and artists: The Surrealist movement was founded by a group of writers and artists who sought to channel the unconscious as a means to unlock the power of the imagination.
http://www.theartstory.org/movement-surrealism.htm
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Surrealism - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Surrealism originated in the late 1910s and early '20s as a literary movement that experimented with a new mode of expression called automatic writing, or automatism, which sought to release the unbridled imagination of the subconscious.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/surr/hd_surr.htm
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Surrealism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Surrealism is 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."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealism
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Surrealism: Art and Literature - Britannica
Movement in visual art and literature, flourishing in Europe between World Wars I and II. Surrealism grew principally out of the earlier Dada movement.
http://www.britannica.com/art/Surrealism
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MoMA: Surrealism
Surrealism was an artistic, intellectual, and literary movement led by poet André Breton from 1924 through World War II. The Surrealists sought to overthrow the oppressive rules of modern society by demolishing its backbone of rational thought. To do so, they attempted to tap into the ''superior reality'' of the subconscious mind.
https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/surrealism
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Drawing Surrealism at the Morgan Library and Museum - The New York Times
''Drawing Surrealism,'' a new exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum, shows how drawing was the ideal art form for the Surrealists to explore their wide-ranging interests.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/arts/design/drawing-surrealism-at-the-morgan-library-and-museum.html?_r=0
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Surrealism Is a Romantic Critique of the Avant-Garde from Within - The Poetry Foundation
Learn about surrealism.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2014/11/surrealism-is-a-romantic-critique-of-the-avant-garde-from-within/
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What is Surrealism in Literature? Definition, Characteristics and Examples - Study
Surrealism began as a movement and grew into a literary genre still used today. Read about how it flourished and more.
http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-surrealism-definition-artists.html
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History: Surrealism Art for Kids - Ducksters
Kids learn about the Surrealism Art movement and its major artists such as Salvador Dali and Giorgio de Chirico.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/art/surrealism.php
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History of Surrealism
At the opening ceremony of The Art of This Century Museum on 57th St. in Manhattan, Peggy Guggenheim, the founder, was wearing one earring by Yves Tanguy, the surrealist, and another by Alexander Calder, the abstractionist. She explained to her guests that this showed her neutrality in the conflict between the often hostile schools of Abstractionism and Surrealism.
http://www.gosurreal.com/history.htm
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Timeline: Unparalleled Collection of Salvador Dali Art Works
The man. The master. The marvel. Salvador Dali is one of the most celebrated artists of all time. His fiercely technical yet highly unusual paintings, sculptures and visionary explorations in film and life-size interactive art ushered in a new generation of imaginative expression.
http://thedali.org/timeline/
