Surrealism

The movement arose shortly after the end of World War I in France. It was a reaction to Dadaism, which in turn was a reaction to “logic” that which Dadaists believed had caused the war. Whereas Dadaism sought to revolt against logic with near pure chaos Surrealism sought to rebel with more structured manipulation of reality. Surrealists preferred to use psychedelic studies into the sort of mind analysis Sigmund Freud would make. They would try to explain the human mind by forcing people to expand and confront its boundaries.

Although surrealism is most commonly associated with the visual art it extends to most forms of artistic expression. Alongside the artists were the poet’s in particular. Mostly the poet’s would write about love and nature. Although surrealism did exist in most other forms of art it was mostly a point for other related mini movements to spin of from it. Usually start in a definite sort of art type or the other. Sculpture, prose and the like.