Surrealism
In the twentieth century the world saw a flourished exploration of the sub conscience mind in literature, art and science. It was a time where artistic styles didn't make sense, and rather juxtaposed reality with our eccentric imaginations.
From the ingenuity in the study of neurology came the birth of Cycoanaylasis by Austrian scientist Sigmund Freud. His research changed the understandings of how the human mind worked and contributed to the interpretation and critique of culture at the time. Freud developed theories about the subconscious mind and the mechanism of repression. He established the field of verbal psychotherapy by creating psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.
In response to the exploration of the human mind came Surrealism.
Surrealism was a cultural movement and artistic style that was founded in 1924 by André Breton. The Surrealistic style uses visual imagery from the subconscious mind to create a visual form of art with no logic.
The movement had begun in Europe, centered in Paris, and attracted many of the members of the Dada community, which was a movement that renounced and mocked the artistic and social conventions of the illogical and impossible. It had been an artistic movement prior to Surrealism.
Some of the greatest artists of the 20th century became involved in the Surrealism, including Salvador Dali. Surrealists showed that by uniting our dreams and fantasy with our everyday reality, we would result in this idea of surreality, a bizarre and strange existence.
From the ingenuity in the study of neurology came the birth of Cycoanaylasis by Austrian scientist Sigmund Freud. His research changed the understandings of how the human mind worked and contributed to the interpretation and critique of culture at the time. Freud developed theories about the subconscious mind and the mechanism of repression. He established the field of verbal psychotherapy by creating psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.
In response to the exploration of the human mind came Surrealism.
Surrealism was a cultural movement and artistic style that was founded in 1924 by André Breton. The Surrealistic style uses visual imagery from the subconscious mind to create a visual form of art with no logic.
The movement had begun in Europe, centered in Paris, and attracted many of the members of the Dada community, which was a movement that renounced and mocked the artistic and social conventions of the illogical and impossible. It had been an artistic movement prior to Surrealism.
Some of the greatest artists of the 20th century became involved in the Surrealism, including Salvador Dali. Surrealists showed that by uniting our dreams and fantasy with our everyday reality, we would result in this idea of surreality, a bizarre and strange existence.
Surrealists pushed the conventions of art, they created something from nothing by using symbols to evoke meaning and purpose. For many within the surreal community the movement was more then just art, it was a way off life. They lived everyday living on the edge of the world of art and challenging the retrictions of our imaginations.
The Persistence of Memory, 1931
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