Dada and Surrealism:
The Dada movement came about after WWII. After dada came surrealism, that opens up the unconscious mind. A state of chaos in Germany left artists to see a world made up on nonsense. Kurt Schwitters structured a house within a house. He chose to choose one object out of many and where to put it. He included rural objects in his art, as well as the concept that light danced off his objects.
Expressionism:
Expressionism came after fauvism. It was unlike fauvism in that it did not emphasize color quite as much, but the colors were emphasized in expressionism for the emotional properties. The video shows many examples from different artists of the new style that dealt with color in a way that broke away from the use of loud and intense color. The artists listed in the video tried to break from the mysteries of sexuality, one showed their personal experience in his work, and much emotion. Emotion was very heavy and were emotions that laid beneath the surface. These emotions were not conservative.
I chose these two videos because I remember reading about them in the text and wanted to know more. Both relate to the text because they further explain surrealism and expressionism and show examples. The book touches base with each, but the videos further explain and give me a better understanding of each. The videos were dry, but informative. I can see how powerful the emotions were in the artists paintings through the videos.
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