Surrealism in the 20th Century by

SURREALISM

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A philosophical movement to promote the usage of the creative potential hidden in one's subconscious mind

(During the 20th Century applied to Art and Literature)

IDOSYNCRICY

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"There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad"

(Salvador Dali, The American, 1956)

BASIS OF SURREALISM

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"Pure psychic automatism by which it is intended to express, either verbally or in writing, the true function of thought..."

"...the absence of all control exerted by reason, and outside all aesthetic or moral preoccupations..."

"...the superior reality of certain forms of association heretofore neglected, in the omnipotence of the dream..."

"...the permanent destruction of all other psychic mechanisms..."

"...the solution of the principal problems of life..."

(André Breton, Surrealist Manifesto, 1924)

ELEMENT OF SURPRISE

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"The more the relationship between the two juxtaposed realities is distant and true, the stronger the image will be -- the greater its emotional power and poetic reality."

(Pierre Reverdy, L'lm- age, 1918)

The Elephant Celebes

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Max Ernest, 1921

Automatic Drawing

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Andre Masson, 1924

La Trahison des images

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René Magritte, 1928-1929

Swans Reflecting Elephants

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Salvador Dali, 1937

The Threepenny Opera

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Composed by Kurt Weill

L'amoureuse

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Paul Éluard

Elle est debour sur mes paupières
Et ses cheveux sont dans les miens,
Elle a la forme de mes mains,
Elle a la couleur de mes yeux,
Elle s'engloutit dan mon ombre
Comme une pierre sur le ciel.

Elle a toujours les yeux ouverts
Et ne me laisse pas dormir.
Ses rêves en pleine lumière
Font s'évaporer les soleils,
Me font rire, pleurer et rire,
Parler sans avoir rien à dire

L'amoureuse (Translation

annierekhal — 2013-02-07 20:01:58 UTC

Samuel Beckett

She is standing on my lids
And her hair is in my hair
She has the colour of my eye
She has the body of my hand
In my shade she is engulfed
As a stone against the sky

She will never close her eyes
And she does not let me sleep
And her dreams in the bright day
Make the suns evaporate
And me laugh cry and laugh
Speak when I have nothing to say

PARADISE

annierekhal — 2013-02-07 20:48:49 UTC

Composed by Erik Satie

2013-03-08 03:35:55 UTC