The object was a very popular medium for their expression. ... The Surrealists were committed to non-rationality as an ideal for all their actions, including their creation. ... Therefore, despite shunning rationality, the Surrealists contradicted themselves by creating this structure which stands in opposition to their original motivations. ... Surrealism, however, wasn't simply a form of art expression but the Surrealism artworks that were produced were symbolic of the artist's personal experiences too. ... However, Surrealism, did in fact attempt to awaken society to the destru...

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The sculptured forms were more rounded and the faces showed more expression. ... Sculpture emerged as a principal form of artistic expression with a technique known as black-figure. ... In the Early Classical Period (490-450 B.C.), a new humanism began to find its aesthetic expression in terms of a perfect balance between probability and abstraction of form. ... The aesthetic ideal based on the representation of human character as an expression of a divine system embodying a rational ethic and ordered reality was integral to the culture during the Classical Period (450-400 B.C.). ... In th...

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Dadaism & Surrealism has helped to educate and shape the way people today view art and has led to a new form of expression in the modern world. ... It emerged largely in response to the atrocities and insanity, "the disillusion, defeatism, and insane butchery of World War 1" (William, Flemming, Arts & Ideas, 6th Edition, Syracuse New York, pp 423) and wanting to find, and experiment with new forms of expression attempting to revive the creative act. ... Where society valued rational the Dadaist embraced the irrational. ...

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He proposed a form of society in which people could enjoy craftsmanship and simplicity of expression. ... These criteria were interpreted in a variety of styles, ranging from rational and geometric to romantic or naturalistic, Whether abstract, stylized, or realistically treated, the consistent theme in all Arts and Crafts design is nature. ...

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