Surrealism

Surrealism was the 20th century art movement that explored the hidden depths of the '________ mind'.

• conscious

• unconscious

• subconscious

The Surrealists rejected the _________ world as “it only allows for the consideration of those facts relevant to our experience.”

• rational

• unconscious

• surreal

Read the sentence:

Surrealism was the 20th century art movement that explored the hidden depths of the 'unconscious mind'.

What does "unconscious mind" mean?

• unaware or sleeping mind

• aware or active mind

• creative mind

Over the years there have been many artists 1. _____ with Surrealism which continues to 2. _____ its influence on art to this day.

• angry; 2. lessen

• created; 2. decrease

• associated; 2. exert

The Surrealists rejected the rational world as “it only allows for the consideration of those facts relevant to our experience.” [1] They searched for a new kind of reality, a heightened reality that they called “surreality,” which was found in the world of images drawn from their dreams and imagination.

What does "rational" mean?

• crazy or illogical

• active or aware

• normal or reasonable

• fake or untrue

Fill in the blanks:

However, those 1. _____ figures who were responsible for creating the 2. _____ age of Surrealism were Joan Miro, Max Ernst, Salvador Dali and René Magritte.

• major; 2. golden

• golden; 2. major

• minor; 2. gold

• major; 2. silver

Read the sentence:

Over the years there have been many artists associated with Surrealism which continues to exert its influence on art to this day.

What does "associated" mean?

• angry

• interested

• connected

• influenced

Read the sentence:

Over the years there have been many artists associated with Surrealism which continues to exert its influence on art to this day.

What does "exert" mean?

• increase

• decrease

• apply

• erase

Read the sentence: Over the years there have been many artists associated with Surrealism which continues to exert its influence on art to this day. What does "to this day" mean?

• before today

• after today

• until today

• in the future

There is long list of Surrealist techniques that were created to ____ into the “unconscious mind” and most of the artists explored a range of these in their work.

• tap

• top

• tab

• tuck