Contemplate the "anti-art" spirit of Dadaism, its nihilistic yet humorous indictment of civilization and bizarre use of unconventional media. In the sensibility of Surrealism, observe its compelling focus on the subconscious and two substyles - dream imagery, with its juxtaposition of objects and settings, and "automatic drawing," eliciting unplanned images from the unconscious.
E1: The Importance of First Impressions▶ PLAY
E2: Where Am I? Point of View and Focal Point▶ PLAY
E3: Color—Description, Symbol, and More▶ PLAY
E4: Line—Description and Expression▶ PLAY
E5: Space, Shape, Shade, and Shadow▶ PLAY
E6: Seeing the Big Picture—Composition▶ PLAY
E7: The Illusion—Getting the Right Perspective▶ PLAY
E8: Art That Moves Us—Time and Motion▶ PLAY
E9: Feeling with Our Eyes—Texture and Light▶ PLAY
E10: Drawing—Dry, Liquid, and Modern Media▶ PLAY
E11: Printmaking—Relief and Intaglio▶ PLAY
E12: Modern Printmaking—Planographic▶ PLAY
E13: Sculpture—Salt Cellars to Monuments▶ PLAY
E14: Development of Painting—Tempera and Oils▶ PLAY
E15: Modern Painting—Acrylics and Assemblages▶ PLAY
E16: Subject Matters▶ PLAY
E17: Signs—Symbols, Icons, and Indexes in Art▶ PLAY
E18: Portraits—How Artists See Others▶ PLAY
E19: Self-Portraits—How Artists See Themselves▶ PLAY
E20: Landscapes—Art of the Great Outdoors▶ PLAY
E21: Putting It All Together▶ PLAY
E22: Early Renaissance—Humanism Emergent▶ PLAY
E23: Northern Renaissance—Devil in the Details▶ PLAY
E24: High Renaissance—Humanism Perfected▶ PLAY
E25: Mannerism and Baroque—Distortion and Drama▶ PLAY
E26: Going Baroque—North versus South▶ PLAY
E27: 18th-Century Reality and Decorative Rococo▶ PLAY
E28: Revolutions—Neoclassicism and Romanticism▶ PLAY
E29: From Realism to Impressionism▶ PLAY
E30: Postimpressionism—Form and Content Re-Viewed▶ PLAY
E31: Expressionism—Empathy and Emotion▶ PLAY
E32: Cubism—An Experiment in Form▶ PLAY
E33: Abstraction/Modernism—New Visual Language▶ PLAY
E34: Dada Found Objects/Surreal Doodles and Dreams▶ PLAY
E35: Postmodernism—Focus on the Viewer▶ PLAY
E36: Your Next Museum Visit—Do It Yourself!▶ PLAY
