Dada and Surrealism – maria elena buszek

Fall 2022

Sophie Taeuber-Arp with her Dada Head (1920)
Otto Dix, The Skat Players (1920)
Germaine Dulac, Still from The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)
Joan Miro, The Harlequin's Carnival (1924-5)
Salvador Dali and Elsa Schiaparelli, Jewelry collaborations
Hannah Hoch, The Eternal Folk Dancers (1933)
Salvador Dali, Lobster Telephone (1936)

FINE 4994/5994: Topics Seminar in Art History II: Dada and Surrealism (W: 11:00am-1:45pm) | Dada and Surrealism represent turning points in the evolution of modern art history. Both movements are fundamental to the understanding of both Modernism and postmodernism. In this course we will study the art, literature, philosophies and film of international Dada and Surrealist artists from World War I to the years immediately following World War II, and their legacy in the decades since.