André Breton

Salvadore Dali Biography Flamboyant, mischievous, undeniable skills of artistry, and a key factor of the surrealism movement. He was born May 11th, 1904 in Figueres Catalonia, Spain. He enrolled in different art schools, where he experimented with different types of art styles. He later travelled and made connections with other artists which, in turn, sparked his interest in the psychoanalytic methods of surrealism. Salvador Dali lived with his mother, father, brother, and sister. They were a…

Born in the late 1910s and early 1920’s, artists sought out to release their unrestrained imagination of the subconscious through experimenting with a new form of expression called automatism that in turn led to the birth of the surrealist movement. Martinez-Conde et al state that the movement blurred the line between the real and imagined which was most evident in the works of Salvador Dali (2015). Salvador Dali is a surrealist artist whose name became synonymous to the word surrealism. Dali’s…

mode of pure expression,” according to its founder André Breton. The term was originally coined by Guillaume Apollinaire but Breton and his colleague, Philippe Soupault gave it new meaning. In his declarative and comprehensive texts, Manifestoes of Surrealism, Breton defines for us surrealism and explains the phenomenon in detail so that more can become aware and utilize the technique. Drawing heavy influences from Sigmund Freud and Karl Marx, Breton reveals to us the limitless opportunities of…

By: Christina Vo Saving a life is impressive especially with our country’s first president, Lydia Darragh was the one to save George Washington from the life threatening sneak attack. If it was not for Lydia’s courage, she would not have saved George from this death, along with hundreds of his soldiers. If you’d like to hear more, then you should continue reading this passage. Lydia Darragh lived a pretty average life before the Revolutionary War. Lydia was born in Dublin Ireland in 1729. At…

Rafael Nadal is a professional tennis player. He is a twenty nine year Spaniard. At this time, Nadal is ranked number eight in the world. Since turning pro in 2001, he has won countless tournaments. A few of these tournaments include: the French Open, the US Open, and Wimbledon. After watching the US Open these past two weeks, I decided to write this paper on him because he a very well-known athlete due to a particular set of rituals that he performs before and during his matches. Rafael…

Urban/Alternative Performance and 46th Grammy Awards. Written by Andre 3000, a member of the hip hop duo, Outkast. It’s music video features a live performance by a band, whose all eight members are played by Andre himself. “Hey Ya!” takes it’s influences from funk, rap, and rock music to celebrate the relationships between men and women in the 2000’s and the importance of an individual's happiness. But according to the Writer Andre 3000, “Hey Ya!” is actually about his inability to maintain a…

larger question of ‘what is an Author?’ Janet Staiger opens this week by listing problems with authorship studies, Francois Truffaut follows with his negative opinions of French cinema and what appears to be a form of authorship existing there, and Andre Bazin closes the week with an introduction to the auteur theory. Staiger draws on two major problems with authorship studies as flaws that have a tendency to devalue the author. Interestingly, Staiger counters that authorship is still a point…

For centuries art is what brought the eye closer to reality. Art and freedom of expression extremely complement each other. The freedom to express anything through art has been around longer than the freedom to express through writing. New ways of making art are being created all the time for instance around the early 1900 's when printmaking first started; one of its many uses was to be used as political awareness. For example, many people in the towns of Mexico were illiterate, so these…

Benedict Arnold A man, who was once known as one of the greatest generals involved in the revolutionary war, quickly gained the reputation of a traitor to America. General Benedict Arnold suddenly betrayed America and joined the British enemy. Much controversy is raised when discussing the reason Arnold chose to switch sides, but historical documents clear unanswered questions and have the potential to justify his reasons. From a different perspective, his actions signify personal gain, but…

This year I studied four texts, two of which were autobiographies, and the other two were documentaries. The texts are “It’s not about the bike” written by Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins, “Open an Autobiography” written by Andre Agassi, “Kevin’s Sentence” presented by Bob Carty from the Canadian broadcasting company and “Over the edge” presented by Linden Macintyre from Canada’s Fifth Estate programme. All four of these texts share the significant theme of overcoming adversity which can…