Discuss the characteristics of Surrealist art

What will be an ideal response?


Essay responses should include these points:
• Surrealism is an exploration of the human mind.
• Surrealism is an offshoot of the original Dada movement known as "anti-art."
• Surrealism is the expression of innermost consciousness.
• Painted or created through "psychic-automatism," this method encourages working beyond the bounds of conscious decision-making.
• Surrealist works embody a dream, or dreamlike state.

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a. metric b. polyphony c. homophony d. unison e. canon

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Both Michael J. Burg and John Rubenstein feel that only people who are extremely passionate about acting should make acting their career.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which statement is most true?

a. Bebop was an overnight sensation. b. Bebop developed out of swing music. c. Bebop performances were primarily written out. d. Bebop is the last style of the "classic period" of jazz history.

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Because the jinghu mirrors the singer's part, the texture of "The Reunion" is primarily __________

a) monophonic b) homophonic c) polyphonic d) heterophonic

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