Surrealist Manifesto

twentieth century that emphasized dream imagery, chance operations, and rapid, thoughtless forms of notation that expressed, it was felt, the unconscious mind. A French poet by the name Andre Brenton, known as the “Pope of Surrealism,” wrote the Surrealist Manifesto. His original definition of surrealism was a “fusion of elements of fantasy with elements of the modern world to form a kind of superior reality” and “spontaneous writing.” The use of this art form became a huge influence to all…

Absurdity and Counterculture: The Orange Alternative in Communist Poland Of the dissident movements in communist Poland, collective memory only remembers the work of the movement Solidarity and the Catholic Church. What about the people who did not fit into this narrative? The outsiders, the rebels, the artists; what about their story? The Orange Alternative exemplifies the movement of said outsiders; a blend of artistic expression and political defiance. It was a movement made up of “rebellious…

Ashbery is famous for his surrealist verse and in "The Painter” he utilizes his talent wonderfully to make associations between fluctuated images. He uses the adjusted type of sestina (last expressions of the verses are generally transformed) he can make these pictures appears in a…