Between World Wars

Chapter 22

DADA

• Began as a protest to the horrors of WWI

• Dada was a rallying cry with an ambiguous meaning

Hannah Hoch

Hannah Hoch

Surrealism

• These artist did not like the modern reliance on science

• They focused on the importance of dreams, fantasies, and hallucinations

Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

• Painted his nightmares

• Highly realistic yet improbable

• Extremely high academic technique of untraditional subject matter

Renee Magritte

Renee Magritte

American Regionalism

• Coincided with the depression era

• Local subject matter

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Grant Wood. American Gothic. 1930.29-1/4" × 24-1/2". 74.3 × 62.4 cm.

American Gothic

• Crisp and realistic in style

• Inspired by a house built by a local carpenter in what he thought was a rendition of Gothic architecture