Dadaism

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/dadaism

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the art movement?Dadaism
2. What is the primary location of origin?Zurich, Switzerland
3. Why did artists create Dadaism?They were upset about World War I and wanted to show that logic and old art rules had helped cause war.
4. What is a "readymade" and who made famous ones?A readymade is an everyday object turned into art, like Marcel Duchamp's "Bicycle Wheel" and "Fountain".

Dadaism: An avant-garde movement characterized by its rejection of logic, reason, and aesthetic conventions, embracing absurdity and anti-art.
Readymade: An ordinary manufactured object selected by an artist and presented as a work of art, challenging notions of authorship and originality.
Collage: An artwork created by assembling different forms, thus creating a new whole, often using paper fragments, photographs, and other materials.
Photomontage: A type of collage that consists of a combination of photographs, often with elements from drawings or paintings.