Surrealist Manifesto
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The Surrealist Manifesto is André Breton’s 1924 foundational text that defined the principles and aims of the Surrealist movement in art and literature.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First Surrealist Manifesto | 2 |
| Manifeste du surréalisme | 2 |
| Surrealist Manifesto canonical | 2 |
| Manifesto of Surrealism | 1 |
| Surrealist Manifesto (1924) | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surrealist Manifesto Context triple: [Surrealism, hasManifesto, Surrealist Manifesto]
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A.
Symbolist Manifesto
The Symbolist Manifesto is a foundational 1886 literary declaration by Jean Moréas that defined the principles and aims of the Symbolist movement in art and literature.
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B.
Futurist Manifesto
The Futurist Manifesto is a 1909 founding text of the Futurist movement that glorifies modernity, speed, technology, and violent rupture with the past in art and society.
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C.
The Magician (Max Ernst)
The Magician is a surrealist painting by Max Ernst that exemplifies his dreamlike, enigmatic imagery and innovative collage-inspired techniques.
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D.
Week of Modern Art
The Week of Modern Art was a landmark 1922 cultural festival in São Paulo that revolutionized Brazilian literature, visual arts, and music by introducing and consolidating modernist ideas.
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E.
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is a groundbreaking 1907 painting by Pablo Picasso that helped launch Cubism and radically transformed the course of modern art.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surrealist Manifesto Target entity description: The Surrealist Manifesto is André Breton’s 1924 foundational text that defined the principles and aims of the Surrealist movement in art and literature.
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A.
Symbolist Manifesto
The Symbolist Manifesto is a foundational 1886 literary declaration by Jean Moréas that defined the principles and aims of the Symbolist movement in art and literature.
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B.
Futurist Manifesto
The Futurist Manifesto is a 1909 founding text of the Futurist movement that glorifies modernity, speed, technology, and violent rupture with the past in art and society.
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C.
The Magician (Max Ernst)
The Magician is a surrealist painting by Max Ernst that exemplifies his dreamlike, enigmatic imagery and innovative collage-inspired techniques.
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D.
Week of Modern Art
The Week of Modern Art was a landmark 1922 cultural festival in São Paulo that revolutionized Brazilian literature, visual arts, and music by introducing and consolidating modernist ideas.
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E.
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is a groundbreaking 1907 painting by Pablo Picasso that helped launch Cubism and radically transformed the course of modern art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Surrealist text
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literary manifesto ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
free imagination from rational control
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transform human experience ⓘ unite dream and reality ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Paris Surrealist group
ⓘ
linked to:
Surrealist Group in Paris
avant-garde ⓘ |
| author | André Breton ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1924 ⓘ |
| declares |
Surrealism as a means of accessing the unconscious
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Surrealism as a revolutionary movement ⓘ |
| declaresBretonRole |
Pope of Surrealism
ⓘ
linked to:
André Breton
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| defines |
aims of the Surrealist movement
ⓘ
principles of Surrealism ⓘ |
| followedBy | Second Surrealist Manifesto ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
interwar period
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post–World War I Europe ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century avant-garde movements
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Surrealist literature ⓘ
linked to:
Surrealism
Surrealist visual art ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Sigmund Freud
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psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
fusion of dream and reality
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liberation of the mind ⓘ pure psychic automatism ⓘ rejection of bourgeois values ⓘ rejection of rationalism ⓘ superior reality of dream ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
essay
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manifesto ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| mentions |
Alfred Jarry
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Arthur Rimbaud ⓘ Lautréamont ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| movementFoundedBy | André Breton ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Romanticism (as influence)
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linked to:
Romanticism
anti-rationalism ⓘ |
| placeOfWriting | Paris ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| subject |
art
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automatic writing ⓘ dreams ⓘ literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ the unconscious ⓘ |
| title |
Manifeste du surréalisme
ⓘ
linked to:
Surrealist Manifesto
|
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Referenced by (8)
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