Surrealism

Question 1

What was the Manifesto of Surrealism?

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a text that included numerous examples of the applications of Surrealism to poetry and literature

Question 2

What is Automatism?

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a group of techniques designed to release art from conscious control

Question 3

Surrealists attacked the emphasis placed on _________________.

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rationalism in current culture

Question 4

What is the name of the piece above?

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The Persistence of Memory

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

Who painted the image above?

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Salvador Dalí

Question 7

Who is the artist of the piece above?

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Max Ernst

Question 8

What does the image above reflect?

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the violence of World War I

Question 9

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 10

Surrealists felt that it was important to emphasize the ____________________.

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subjectivity of art

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