Henri Matisse

The Joy of Life epitomizes Fauvism, as Matisse combines the sensuality of the figures with fluid lines and an expressive use of vibrant, non-natural color. It was his use of color, from the bright oranges, blues, yellows and greens that most perturbed the audiences of 1906.

The Fauves, however, lacked such scientific intent. They emphasized the expressive potential of color, employing it arbitrarily, not based on an object’s natural appearance. Like many modern artists, the Fauves also found inspiration in objects from Africa and other non-western cultures.

Sigmund Freud

In 1917 Piet Mondrian cofounded the De Stijl movement, which rejected visually perceived reality as subject matter and restricted form to the most basic elements. Such works as Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow (c. 1930) reflect this criteria.

The main themes underlying much of the work included eroticism, socialism, dreams and the subconscious, atheism and symbolism. Like its predecessor, Dadaism, Surrealism threw off the shackles of contemporary culture and sought to shock and rebuke the conventional notions of reality.

There are/were two basic types of Surrealism: abstract and figurative.

Artists such as Joan Miró and Max Ernst used various techniques to create unlikely and often outlandish imagery including collage, doodling, frottage, decalcomania, and grattage.

Features of Surrealistic Art

• Dream-like scenes and symbolic images.
• Unexpected, illogical juxtapositions.
• Bizarre assemblages of ordinary objects.
• Automatism and a spirit of spontaneity.
• Games and techniques to create random effects.
• Personal iconography.
• Visual puns.
• Distorted figures and biomorphic shapes.

According to the major spokesman of the movement, the poet and critic André Breton, who published The Surrealist Manifesto in 1924, Surrealism was a means of reuniting conscious and unconscious realms of experience so completely that the world of dream and fantasy would be joined to the everyday rational world in “an …

Examples of Surrealism in Literature

• Example #1: Freedom Of Love (By Andre Breton) “My wife with the hair of a wood fire.
• Example #2: Dark Poet (by Antonin Artaud) “Dark Poet, a maid’s breast.
• Example #3: A Season in Hell (by Arthur Rimbaud)
• Example #4: Hidden Faces (by Salvador Dali, translated by Chevalier)

What is the opposite of surreal?

adjective. If you describe something as surreal, you mean that the elements in it are combined in a strange way that you would not normally expect, like in a dream.

Something is surreal when it makes you feel as if you must be dreaming, because you cannot imagine it being true. For example, if you were watching a recorded video, and the person on the screen spoke directly to you, that would be surreal.

having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic: surreal complexities of the bureaucracy.

What is another word for surreal?

As adjectives the difference between real and surreal is that real is that can be characterized as a confirmation of truth while surreal is resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous.

As adjectives the difference between unreal and surreal is that unreal is fake; not real while surreal is resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous.

“Surreal” is often used to describe something shocking. People might use the word when they cannot believe — or do not want to believe — reality. “Surreal” can have a negative or positive meaning. For example, the Grand Canyon or a trip to the Moon could be described as surreal.

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: not real : artificial or fake. informal : very strange or unusual. informal —used to describe something that is so good, bad, etc., that it is difficult to believe. See the full definition for unreal in the English Language Learners Dictionary.

If someone says “you’re incredible”, it’s a compliment; but if someone says “you’re unbelievable”…not so much. You’re unbelievable OHHHHHH!

Marc Picard has given half of the answer. “You’re unreal” can mean that you are exceptionally good. It can also mean that you are exceptionally bad. “Unreal” is similar in meaning to “unbelievable” or “incredible.” Thus, it is used to exaggerate anything.

other words for not real ersatz. imitation. mock. phony. pirate.

SYNONYMS FOR false

1. 1 mistaken, incorrect, wrong, untrue.
2. 2 untruthful, lying, mendacious.
3. 3 insincere, hypocritical, disingenuous, disloyal, unfaithful, inconstant, perfidious, traitorous.
4. 4 misleading, fallacious.
5. 5 artificial, spurious, bogus, forged.

noun. The state or condition of being unreal or unrealistic.