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surrealism
[ suh-ree-uh-liz-uhm ]
noun
- a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.
surrealism
/ əˈɪəˌɪə /
noun
- sometimes capital a movement in art and literature in the 1920s, which developed esp from dada, characterized by the evocative juxtaposition of incongruous images in order to include unconscious and dream elements
surrealism
- A movement in art and literature that flourished in the early twentieth century. Surrealism aimed at expressing imaginative dreams and visions free from conscious rational control. Salvador Dali was an influential surrealist painter; Jean Cocteau was a master of surrealist film.
Derived Forms
- ܰˈ, nounadjective
- ܰˌˈپ, adjective
- ܰˌˈپally, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܰ·a· noun adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of surrealism1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of surrealism1
Example Sentences
On the voyage he became friends with one of the founders of surrealism, novelist and theorist André Breton.
Yet Lynch always had more than a touch of surrealism within these everyday sounds, something demonstrated by the way he wasn’t afraid of using space within his compositions.
The filmmaker invited us to open our minds to the impossible, with movies such as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” that defined an American surrealism.
The Mercury Prize judges said the band's "winning lyrical mix of surrealism and social observation... displays a fresh approach to the traditional guitar band format".
But meta layers of surrealism are on brand for Aitken, who said he’s “really interested in that idea of, like, where the line between fiction and nonfiction gets blurred.”
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