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  • Art Appreciation/Education “class” #6: Dada and Surrealism

    07/01/2005 4:13:38 PM PDT · by Republicanprofessor · 31 replies · 2,031+ views
    7/1/05 | republicanprofessor
    As the sixth class in this mini-art appreciation set of lectures, it’s time to consider Dada and Surrealism. The roots for this movement of art fantasy goes back to Henri Rousseau and de Chirico in the late 19th and first decades of the 20th century. These unusual, dream-like settings provoke our imagination more than the emotion of Expressionism and the intellectual structure of Cubism. Henri Rousseau Sleeping Gypsy and de Chirico Mystery and Melancholy of a Street Note in the street images, how the long shadows create a mysterious, imminent mood, and that the “girl” is only a shadow of...