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Surrealism was a cultural and literary movement that developed in Europe after the First World War, aiming to release the creative power of the unconscious mind through techniques such as automatic writing and startling, dreamlike imagery. Andre Breton's 1924 Manifesto of Surrealism, published alongside the founding of the magazine La Revolution surrealiste, gave the movement its name and program, and it went on to shape literature, theatre and film across many countries.
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1. Surrealism (Wikipedia)
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Surrealism is an art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself.
1. Surrealism (Wikipedia)
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However, the Surrealist movement was not officially established until after October 1924, when the Surrealist Manifesto published by Breton succeeded in claiming the term for his group.
Andre Breton (Wikipedia)
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was a French writer and poet, known as a principal theorist and co-founder of surrealism
Manifesto of Surrealism (Wikipedia)
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