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    When Andres Breton first used the word surrealism, he claimed ownership of the word, attributing it to the movement and claiming it was independent from any prior associations. From that point in time in 1924, surrealism thinking has come far in terms of the depth of interpretation through a variety of works that have been published ever since. This progress is best exemplified with Breton’s original manifesto and Anais Nin’s more recent novel, House of Incest, where there is a similarity in…

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    Talents have helped most people in getting inner satisfaction while still earning good money for survival. Over the history, several people up to date have been reaping great from their talents. There is no single talent when well used, cannot bring great returns to the individual.Most stars in the world have placed great work on their talents to reach where they are today. Major stars have talents in leadership, art, and athletics among others. Salvador Dali is one great painter over history…

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    Jackie Joyner-Kersee is widely known as one of the all-time greatest female athletes out there. She is known mostly for her high achievements in the sport of track and field but has many other accomplishments that are not as well advertised. She is also known for some of the many world records she set and some that she still holds. Jackie Joyner-Kersee is someone that even when she is long gone, everyone will still remember. On March 3, 1962 unto the world was born a little baby girl whom no…

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    Max Ernst's Art

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    Camfield the author of the article “Max Ernst: Dada & the Dawn of Surrealism” wrote his opinion about Ernst works and also quoted the opinion of Andre Breton about Ernst’s artwork. Breton said “introduced an entirely original scheme of visual structure; yet they corresponded exactly to the intentions of Lautreamont and Rimbaud in poetry … We were all filled immediately with unparalleled admiration…

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    Salvador Dali Influences

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    long mustache. But all of that changed when he was kicked out of the Surrealist group. Due to not standing against the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, he was expelled from the Surrealist group and his rivalry against the leader of the Surrealists, André Breton. During the second World War. He and his wife went to the United States and opened an art museum in New York and stopped his Surrealist style and wrote…

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    The Best is Always worth It 51 N. Grandveiw Dubuque, IA 52003 9-21-2015 USTA 70 W Red Oak Ln White Plains, NY 10604 Dear United States Tennis Association, It was Wimbledon 2012 Championship match and Roger Federer was playing Andy Murray for the title. It was 2-1 in Roger's favor. The serve is up and Roger wins another Grand Slam Title. That was Roger Federer's latest major title win. This essay will prove to you that Roger Federer is the best player to ever play the game of tennis.…

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    Salvador Dali Influences

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    For my research assignment, I chose Salvador Dali, a famous artist known for surrealism. I decided to research Salvador Dali due to his strong influence in paradoxical art; this was a form of art that contradicted and complexed itself with concepts. Since, many of Dali's art pieces were paradoxical, I found myself admiring all of his art as well as the personality behind his pieces. With that being said, I thought it was intersting that Dali contradicted all of his work, but still maintained the…

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    works are most famous for some of his symbols. Many famous artworks created during the Surrealism art movement are still famous to this day. Salvador Dali has numerous famous works of art. For example, The Persistence of Memory, Christ of Saint John of the Cross, and Cabaret Scene. However, many other artists have created beautiful works of art. For example, Rene Magritte painted a series of…

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    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…

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    a Carmelite, I saw the Christ drawn by Saint John of the Cross. I worked out geometrically a triangle and a circle that aesthetically summarized all my previous experiments, and I inscribed Christ in the triangle.” (Frisch, Patricia 2) Whereas, Paranoia (3) shows his inventiveness and deeper understanding of Neuropsychology, as discussed in Elizabeth Axel published article titled, Salvador Dali and Surrealism. In comparison is his painting, St. John of the Cross (4), where Dali incorporated his…

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