• Surrealism and Freud How Surrealism Contributed to Freud's Ideas, and how Freud's Ideas Contributed to Surrealism

     

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Published: 04.12.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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  • Essays 'Surrealism and Freud How Surrealism Contributed to Freud's Ideas, and how Freud'', 1.
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Surrealism can be defined in a few ways. One is that it is a belief in superior reality of certain forms. Pure psychic automatism with which one proposes to express the real process of thought, either orally or in writing, or in any other manner. Another definition is a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or non-rational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions.
Surrealism was first introduced by Salvatore Dali as a form of abstract art. …

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