Impressionism And Surrealism

Humans are complex beings that are always trying to progress onward, whether it would be through physical strength or through self-expression. To be human, there is a craving for something more and something that can move themselves from where they are to elsewhere. They can move forward, to the left or the right. They also could go up or diagonally, taking any and all chance they can to keep moving. The fact is they must use what they have learned from those before them to progress on. They also are influenced by their current environments that help dictate which direction they will be taking. In this small essay, the time periods of impressionism and surrealism will be used to showcase the humans ' power to create something new from the …show more content…
While impressionism focused on the moment right now and aimed at what the eye can see, surrealism was aimed at what the mind 's eye can see. It delved inward to the realm of thought and imagination, giving form to dreams. The artists wanted to create a feeling of shock through the use of illogical scenes, leaving a feeling of uneasiness. It was largely inspired from Freud 's work on dream analysis and the unconscious, becoming the expressed art form of Freud 's work. Surrealism also owe a lot to the work of the Dada 's, who created an anti-social spirit within the minds of the surrealists. This anti-social spirit came from the spirit of independence the impressionists had, but the surrealists had taken that spirit of independence and added a large dose of rebellion, to leave an extreme version of the impressionists ' independence. But, unlike the impressionists, these radicals had the backing of ideas that had already taken over large parts of the world at that time. This led to surrealism never really dying out but being splintered to many different pieces. So there was never truly a revival of surrealism, as there was for …show more content…
With impressionism, there was the need to create something that was light and bright in the ashes of a upheaval of a country and with surrealism there was the urge to turn into reality ideas that have not been thought of. In both man is trying to progress onto a different place and bring in a destination for the rest to follow. Impressionism started a small revolution in its art world that the surrealists took on to create an idea that would change the whole world. Surrealism will give way to the next new way, to continuously repeat the cycle of progress. That is how we have become the people we are today, looking forward to what comes