Surrealism

21 August 2022
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How did Salvador Dalí come up with his images?
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a. imagery from his nightmares
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What does the image above reflect?
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c. the violence of World War I
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How does the artist of the image above express the relationship between the conscious and subconscious mind?
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b. by using strange and uneasy juxtaposition
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Surrealists attacked the emphasis placed on _________________.
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c. rationalism in current culture
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What is Automatism?
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a. a group of techniques designed to release art from conscious control
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What was Sigmund Freud's theory of the unconscious?
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b. He viewed the human mind as engaged in battle between the rational conscious mind and the irrational urges of the unconscious.
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Surrealists felt that it was important to emphasize the ____________________.
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c. subjectivity of art
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Who is the artist of the piece above?
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c. Max Ernst
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What is the name of the piece above?
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b. The Persistence of Memory
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What is grattage?
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c. creating pattern by scraping off layers of paint from a canvas that is laid over a textured surface
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Surrealists emphasized _____________ instead of ____________.
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c. irrationalism; rationalism
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How did the artist of the above image create his paintings?
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c. He doodled on canvas and turned these abstractions into whatever figure he felt they resembled.
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Whose theory stated that the unconscious was the key to improving civilization?
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b. Sigmund Freud
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What was the Manifesto of Surrealism?
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a. a text that included numerous examples of the applications of Surrealism to poetry and literature
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Who painted the image above?
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b. Salvador Dalí
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What is being depicted in the image above?
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c. sexual and violent desires