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Art History
Undergraduate 4
12/09/2014

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Paranoic Critical Method
Definition
put himself in a temporary state of insanity at any given moment

Ex: Dali "The Dismal Game"
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Double Imagery
Definition
An image within an image, associated with schizophrenia

Ex: Dali "Disappearing Bust of Voltaire"
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Elective Affinities
Definition
One object suggests another as it evolves

Ex: Magritte "The Human Condition"
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Biomorphic Imagery
Definition
Amoeba-like shapes

Ex: Miro "Personnages Rythmiques"
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Aleatoric Aesthetics
Definition
Chance of randomness

Ex: Hans Arp "Arrangement According to the Laws of Chance"
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Automatism
Definition
done without conscious thought or intent

Ex: Hans Arp "Automatic Drawing"
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Caberet Voltaire
Definition
Zurich, birthplace of Dada Art; Tristan Tzara and Hugo Ball founders
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Photomontage
Definition
Cutting out photos and making a collage

Ex: Hoch "Cut with a Kitchen Knife"
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Solarization
Definition
reversing the tonalities in a photograph

Ex: Man Ray "Fingers"
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Frottage
Definition
Rubbing texture onto paper

Ex: Ernst "Petrified City"
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Decalcomania
Definition
Technique of squirting paint onto a canvas, pressing it against another canvas, then pulling them apart

Ex: Ernst "Europe After the Rain"
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