The word Dada simply means rocking horse in its native tongue. But over the past century it has taken on a whole new meaning. In Zurich, Switzerland, 1916, the chance meeting of a collection of young artists sparked a group we know today as Dada. Most were young men retreating to neutral Switzerland during World War I. After meeting, they collaborated to develop a style of organized chaos that would be imaginative, and convey a message. .
The Dada movement's artists took many shapes. Every media available was used. Paintings, periodicals, and flyers were all commonly used. There are no set rules to Dada, only that when reading it your audience should have to think; they should have to try and piece together the puzzle that you have created in order to understand your message. .
The Dada style is a great tool from an advertising point of view. It forces your reader to pay full attention to your newspaper ad, poster, or flyer, and unscramble your idea. This makes a message your reader won't soon forget. .
Many materials were often incorporated into paintings and works. Newspaper and Magazine were frequently shaped and pasted to form an untidy appearance, while photo montages were constructed to give them depth and an other worldly look. When color could be used it was often for disorienting purposes. .
Dada was started in Eastern Europe but it soon spread to all of the continent and later to Russia and America. Adolph Hitler him self was said to enjoy going to Dada galleries.
"Dadaism brought about everything new: new ideas, new directions and new people. Dada had no uniform characteristiscs as many other movements in the arts have. ... Dada brings out feelings and emotions in each person dependant upon wha the or she is doing at the time." ... Dada was more a mid-set or attitude than a single identifiable style. ... Thus, an element of absurdity is a cornerstone of Dada, even reflected in the movement's name. ...
Abstraction, Expressionism, Futurism and Cubism, were the main influences of Dada, and there was no predominant artistic medium in the Dada movement. ... Dada was launched in Zurich, its origins in the cabaret. ... The origins of Dada are tied to the short life of the Cabaret Voltaire, the first public gathering place for Dada artists and writers. ... One of the founding principles of NY Dada is that "Dada places doubt above everything ". ... The German Dada context in important for it reinvigorates NY Dada through a new-found understanding of the European art movement. ...
In this essay I will explain the differences and similarities between the two art and literary movements Dada and Surrealism. ... Dada was a movement around the time of the First World War, it started around 1915 and ended at about 1922, Surrealism followed Dada and was practised from around 1924 right through to about 1939. ... This however is where Surrealism is notably different to Dada. ... Many Dada paintings have a strong focus of machines and bleak backgrounds to show such times. ... Paintings, now Surreal were filled again with colour, Surrealism as a whole was much like an expansi...
However, this was not possible without the Dada movement. Dada was an art movement that sprang up in Zurich Switzerland roughly around 1916. ... Dada, the name was chosen by accident in a German-French dictionary-meaning hobbyhorse. ... Dada was important in an Art history; it paved the way and laid the foundations for Surrealism. ... Chance, lead to Dadaism and Dadaism lead to Surrealism. ...
What elements of dada and surrealism suggest the influence of Freud? ... From expressionism to Dadaism types of work ranged by all means of the artist. ... From the beginning Dadaism and surrealism showed true signs of influence from psychology. ... Each artist of the Dada era had a new way of expressing Freud's ideas. ... As in the Dada movement they used unexpected ways to express their art and poetry. ...
Dada and expressionism were two art movements which arose during war times. ... Among some of the dada artist's are Jean Arp perhaps the most gifted of them all, Kurt Schwitter's, and photomontagist Hannah hoch. ... Some critic's argue that dada work was in fact nonsense and not really a movement in art. ... Dada mean't "yes yes to life". ... Photomontage had a huge impact on dada. ...
Nihilism is the key to dada. Nihilism is the denial of traditional and religious and moral principals. In The Metamorphosis Kafka creates nihilism by these quotes. The quote "They had just gotten used to it, the family as well as Gregor, the money was received with thanks and pleasure, but no specia...
Punk fell somewhere in-between Dada and Situationalism. He envisioned a melding of Rock and Roll with the beautiful chaos of situationalism as well as Dada's practice of using existing ideas and objects to create new meaning. ... Unlike the Dada and Situationalists it had a visual identity. ...
