PPT-Modernism, Minimalism, & Surrealism

Movements in Literature and Art Modernism in Literature Post WWI pre WWII Nontraditional syntax and forms Accessible to everyone not just academics Pessimistic picture of a culture in chaos Question moral and philosophical meanings. The Waste Land. 434 Lines. Published in 1922. Considered one of, if not the, most important poem of the 20. th. century.. Edited by Ezra Pound, leading poet of the Modern Period.. The Waste Land. The five parts of . . Post-modernism. . . POST-MODERNISM . Postmodernism is a concept that encompasses a wide range of ideals, methods and practices. It is more importantly not a philosophical movement in itself, but rather, incorporates a number of philosophical and critical methods that can be considered 'postmodern', the most familiar methods include . 1924 – 1950s. (between World Wars I & II). Surrealism is a 20th-century art movement that attempted to express the workings of the . subconscious.. Surrealism. unexpected or irrational objects in an atmosphere of fantasy,. What is Surrealism?. It was an “artistic, intellectual, and literary movement” between 1924 and 1940.. . Andre Breton, a poet, is often viewed as the leader of the Surrealist movement.. . Surrealists felt society had become too consumed with logical ideas. . ASM 3M1 – 11 Media Arts. Mr. . Pisani. What Is Surrealism?. What Is Surrealism?. Surrealism.  is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. . ?. Surrealism. DRILL:. Decoratively title your page: “Surrealism”. 1. Surrealism is…. 2. Famous surrealists:. 3.. How. to be surreal:. 4. Ideas for mine:. 5. Sketch ideas:. Objective: You will examine. http://. www.streetdirectory.com. /. etoday. /history-of-surreal-photography-. ujwwpe.html. Surrealist photographs are described as the images, which symbolically represent dreams, night mares, intoxication, sexual ecstasy, hallucination and madness.. 1914-1945. Major Influences. World War I. The Jazz Age/Roaring Twenties. Prohibition. The Harlem Renaissance. 19. th. Amendment (Women Suffrage). The . Great Depression. The New . Deal. Factories. Larger cities. Defining. Modernism. “I haven’t changed my mind about modernism from the first day I ever did it…It means integrity; it means honesty; it means the absence of sentimentality and the absence of nostalgia; it means simplicity; it means clarity. That’s what modernism means to me.”. Art movement. beginnings. Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual . artworks.. Surrealism developed out of the Dada activities during World War I and the most important center of the movement was Paris. . 1.) What is Surrealism?. . 20th-century . movement . in art and literature that . tried . to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, . by using the . irrational juxtaposition of . strange images in dreamlike compositions.. Vierra. . Characteristics . The best part is that there is really no set in stone rule for what qualifies as “Surrealism”. A focus on the exploration of dreams and the Unconscious mind, inspired by Sigmund Freud. Background. Founded in 1924 by André Breton (. Surrealist Manifesto. ). Manifesto stated: it was the means of uniting the conscious and unconscious realms. The world of dream and fantasy would be joined to the everyday rational world in a “. Surrealism . Surrealism.  in . literature.  can be defined as an artistic attempt to bridge together reality and the . imagination.. It seeks to overcome the fight between the conscious and the unconscious mind by creating unreal stories full of juxtaposition.