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Surrealist Groups
Surrealism is an art movement, art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of illogical or dreamlike scenes and ideas. Its intention was, according to leader André Breton, to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality", or ''surreality.'' It produced works of painting, writing, photography, Theatre of Cruelty, theatre, Surrealist cinema, filmmaking, Surrealist music, music, Surreal humour, comedy and other media as well. Works of Surrealism feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and ''Non sequitur (literary device), non sequitur''. However, many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost (for instance, of the "pure psychic automatic behavior, automatism" Breton speaks of in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Treachery Of Images
''The Treachery of Images'' () is a 1929 painting by Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. It is also known as ''This Is Not a Pipe'', ''Ceci n'est pas une pipe'' and ''The Wind and the Song''. It is on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The painting shows an image of a smoking pipe (tobacco), pipe. Below it, Magritte painted, "" (, French for "This is not a pipe".) The theme of pipes with the text "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" is extended in ''Les Mots et Les Images'', ''La Clé des Songes'', ''Ceci n'est pas une pipe (L'air et la chanson)'', ''The Tune and Also the Words'', ''Ceci n’est pas une pomme'', and ''Les Deux Mystères''. The painting is sometimes given as an example of meta message like Alfred Korzybski's "The word is not the thing" and "Map–territory relation, The map is not the territory", as well as Denis Diderot's ''This is not a story''. On December 15, 1929, Paul Éluard and André Breton published an essay about poetry in ''La Révolution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
