What is surrealism? The definition, the meaning, the examples!

Surrealism is a trend in modern visual arts, literature and cinema that originated in France in the 1920s and achieved worldwide recognition through the paintings of Salvador Dali and others.

The French prefix "sur" means "over", so the main idea of ​​surrealism is to go beyond reality and try to reflect human dreams, fantasies, thoughts from the hidden corners of the brain and other glitches that occur in a state of altered consciousness.


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