Characteristics of Modern Art in America

Question 1

How did Salvador Dalí come up with his images?

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imagery from his nightmares

Question 2

How did the artist of the above image create his paintings?

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He doodled on canvas and turned these abstractions into whatever figure he felt they resembled.

Question 3

Surrealists felt that it was important to emphasize the ____________________.

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subjectivity of art

Question 4

Surrealists attacked the emphasis placed on _________________.

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rationalism in current culture

Question 5

What is grattage?

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creating pattern by scraping off layers of paint from a canvas that is laid over a textured surface

Question 6

What is Automatism?

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a group of techniques designed to release art from conscious control

Question 7

What does the image above reflect?

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the violence of World War I

Question 8

How does the artist of the image above express the relationship between the conscious and subconscious mind?

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by using strange and uneasy juxtaposition

Question 9

What is the name of the piece above?

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The Persistence of Memory

Question 10

What was Sigmund Freud’s theory of the unconscious?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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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