Surrealism
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- An official movement after the First World War, the style was basically a literary movement but it has been best represented in the visual art field. This style was emphasizes on the psychological state that similar to dreams and fantasy.
- Surrealists saw the unconscious as a wellspring of untapped creative ideas.
- The surrealists admired the artwork of the insane for its freedom of expression.
- The artists believed that there was an element of truth, which is revealed by our subconscious minds, which supersedes the reality of our everyday consciousness.
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