Cubism 1907 1920s

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Cubism 1907 1920s

• Two phases analytical and synthetic
• Fragmentation of the image
• Represents the subject from multiple angles
• Geometric shapes
• Collage

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Georges BraquesMandora (1909-10)
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Pablo Picasso's Still Life with
Chair-caning"(19111912)
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Dada 1916-1920s

• Started in Switzerland during WW I
• Moved to Paris after the war
• An anti-movement
• Against all systems of thought
• Against reason
• Sought out incoherence

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Marcel DuchampFontaine (1917)
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Surrealism 1924-1950s

• Surrealist Manifesto by André Breton (1924)
• Freeing, opening up of the unconscious
• Breakdown of the distinction between the waking
  and sleeping worlds
• Dream-like quality
• Use of images and language to express the
  unconscious
• Automatic writing

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Yves TanguyThe Rapidity of Sleep (1945)