surrealist movement

The surrealist movement was an early 20th-century artistic and literary movement that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind through irrational imagery, dreamlike juxtapositions, and automatic techniques.

Beginning in Paris in the 1920s under André Breton's manifestos, surrealism influenced painting, film, poetry, and photography: Dalí's melting clocks are icons of the surrealist movement.

The movement emphasized the marvelous lurking beneath everyday reality.