Below is a glossary article post in the category S which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Surrealism based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Surrealism
So, what is actually meant by Surrealism?
The 20th-century literary, philosophical, and artistic movements that explore the way of mind work, fight for irrational, poetic and revolutionary.
Explanation of Surrealism
Surealism aims to revolutionize human experience. This balances the vision of life that is rational with people who confirm the power of the subconscious and dreams. Movement artists found a strange miracle and beauty in the unexpected and strange, ignored and unconventional. The essence of their work is the willingness to challenge the forced values and norms, and the search for freedom.
The word ‘surrealis’ (suggesting ‘beyond reality’) was created by the French Avant-Garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire in an introduction to a drama conducted in 1917. But that was André Breton, the leader of the new grouping of poets and artists in Paris in Paris and artists In Paris in Paris and artists in Paris in Paris and artists in Paris and only in Paris and only in Paris and only in Paris and only in Paris in Paris in Paris in Paris in the Grouping of Poets and Artists in Paris Baru, Yang , in the manifesto of his surrealist (1924), defining surrealism as:
Pure psychic automaticism, with which someone proposes to express, either verbally, in writing, or in other ways, the actual function of thought. Dictation of thought without all the controls carried out for reasons, beyond all the preoccupations of aesthetics and morals.
Many surrealist artists have used images or automatic writing to unlock ideas and images from their unconscious minds. Other people want to describe the world of dreams or hidden psychological tension. Surrealist artists have also attracted inspiration from mysticism, ancient culture and original arts and knowledge as a way to imagine alternative reality.
The aspirations of the movement to the release of thoughts and the release of artistic expressions also means seeking political freedom. In many cases, these artists have turned to political activism. In this way, the revolutionary concept driven by surrealism has caused the movement to be seen as a way of life.
From the beginning, ideas and arts related to surrealism have been disseminated, adopted and imagined through the network of international exchange and collaboration. The ideas and themes of the core surrealism have been adapted and considered relevant to different historical, geographical and cultural contexts, allowing it to be expressed through plural voices.
No matter how wide the influence of surrealist concerns in artists throughout the world, certain artists who have assimilated with this movement always refuse to be defined as surrealis.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix S, as well as terms associated with S.
Meaning of Surrealism in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Surrealism.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Surrealisme (Indonesian), Surrealisme (Java), and Surrealisme in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Surrealisme.
Closing
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix S. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=surrealism
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=surrealism
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