A Companion To Dada And Surrealism -

The master strategist and primary author of Dada's manifestos.

This paper, titled serves as a guide to two of the most influential avant-garde movements of the 20th century. While often grouped together, Dada and Surrealism represent distinct philosophical responses to the chaos of World War I—Dada through negation and anti-art , and Surrealism through positive expression and the subconscious . 1. Movement Overviews A Companion to Dada and Surrealism

Prefabricated objects declared as art to challenge the definition of "artwork". Marcel Duchamp The master strategist and primary author of Dada's

Born at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zürich, Switzerland as a protest against the "rational" society that led to WWI. It was less a style and more an attitude of anarchy , characterized by shock, nihilism, and the rejection of bourgeois values. It was less a style and more an

Cutting and reassembling newspaper and magazine clippings for social and political satire. Hannah Höch , John Heartfield

A bridge between the movements, Ernst pioneered frottage (rubbing) and created hauntingly poetic collages.

Creative process guided by the subconscious, free from rational control or moral concern. André Masson , Joan Miró