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单词 surrealism
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Definition of surrealism in English:

surrealism

noun səˈrɪəlɪz(ə)msəˈriəˌlɪzəm
mass noun
  • A 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature which sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The need for the viewer to decipher the work was exactly what the artists who first forayed into the world of surrealism had in mind.
    • Indeed, I have found a new respect for surrealism and the artists who are brave enough to tackle the style.
    • On abstract expressionism, I think that its debt to surrealism was largely formal or technical.
    • Abstract expressionism, collage, surrealism, impressionism and the use of other materials were expressly banned.
    • That is not to say his style is pedestrian, but it is easier to see the influence of classic examples of surrealism within it.
    • That is why he describes his transition from Dada to surrealism as a compromise.
    • His work is considered a unique style combining impressionism, surrealism and abstract modern painting.
    • The central portion of this book is dedicated to women's contributions to surrealism.
    • In the end, Malley is really unlike the sort of grandstanding, romantic surrealism he mocks.
    • Similarly, Kelley combats critics who reduce surrealism to an aesthetic movement.
    • He had no formal training in art but, influenced by surrealism, he began making collages and boxed assemblages in the early 1930s.
    • There is an inherent pitfall in such movements as surrealism, Dadaism, and absurdism.
    • Both New Photography and surrealism were heavily influenced by European art.
    • Perhaps this is the nature of the genre: surrealism, by definition, requires a suspension of the real.
    • His intention was to show surrealism as a movement capable of standing at the head of opposition to reaction.
    • He had given up surrealism on sadly realizing that you need fixed points, after all, both in life and in the arts.
    • I viewed breathtaking works in the style of Rembrandt, through impressionism and surrealism.
    • The old masters of surrealism aren't the only ones popular with today's art collectors, though.
    • This was surrealism in action long before it moved into the realms of art.
    • The script does wobble - we lurch from naturalism to cinematic surrealism, with apparently little to justify it.

Launched in 1924 by a manifesto of André Breton and having a strong political content, the movement grew out of symbolism and Dada and was strongly influenced by Sigmund Freud. In the visual arts its most notable exponents were André Masson, Jean Arp, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Man Ray, and Luis Buñuel

Derivatives

  • surrealistic

  • adjectivesərɪəˈlɪstɪksəˌriəˈlɪstɪk
    • His works are surrealistic and whimsical.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In my art, I'm somewhat surrealistic …
      • The plots often had wild, surrealistic turns in them.
      • Each film includes surrealistic locations and bent reality.
      • There is no overt surrealistic content in the sculpture.
  • surrealistically

  • adverbsərɪəˈlɪstɪk(ə)li
    • I'm not being vain, but everyone in our suite is surrealistically beautiful.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The sets were just painted cardboard, but they were also surrealistically stunning.
      • In the dancing light of the flames our faces glowed surrealistically as we talked and tended the fire.

Origin

Early 20th century: from French surréalisme (see sur-1, realism).

 
 

Definition of surrealism in US English:

surrealism

nounsəˈrēəˌlizəmsəˈriəˌlɪzəm
  • A 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature which sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images.

    Launched in 1924 by a manifesto of André Breton and having a strong political content, the movement grew out of symbolism and Dada and was strongly influenced by Sigmund Freud. In the visual arts its most notable exponents were André Masson, Jean Arp, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Man Ray, and Luis Buñuel

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The central portion of this book is dedicated to women's contributions to surrealism.
    • There is an inherent pitfall in such movements as surrealism, Dadaism, and absurdism.
    • His work is considered a unique style combining impressionism, surrealism and abstract modern painting.
    • Indeed, I have found a new respect for surrealism and the artists who are brave enough to tackle the style.
    • That is why he describes his transition from Dada to surrealism as a compromise.
    • Perhaps this is the nature of the genre: surrealism, by definition, requires a suspension of the real.
    • The need for the viewer to decipher the work was exactly what the artists who first forayed into the world of surrealism had in mind.
    • Abstract expressionism, collage, surrealism, impressionism and the use of other materials were expressly banned.
    • The script does wobble - we lurch from naturalism to cinematic surrealism, with apparently little to justify it.
    • In the end, Malley is really unlike the sort of grandstanding, romantic surrealism he mocks.
    • This was surrealism in action long before it moved into the realms of art.
    • Both New Photography and surrealism were heavily influenced by European art.
    • The old masters of surrealism aren't the only ones popular with today's art collectors, though.
    • That is not to say his style is pedestrian, but it is easier to see the influence of classic examples of surrealism within it.
    • He had no formal training in art but, influenced by surrealism, he began making collages and boxed assemblages in the early 1930s.
    • His intention was to show surrealism as a movement capable of standing at the head of opposition to reaction.
    • On abstract expressionism, I think that its debt to surrealism was largely formal or technical.
    • I viewed breathtaking works in the style of Rembrandt, through impressionism and surrealism.
    • He had given up surrealism on sadly realizing that you need fixed points, after all, both in life and in the arts.
    • Similarly, Kelley combats critics who reduce surrealism to an aesthetic movement.

Origin

Early 20th century: from French surréalisme (see sur-, realism).

 
 
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