Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in neutral Zürich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly poetry), theatre, and graphic design, and was characterized by a strong anti war politic and rejection of the prevailing standards in art.
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Art Institute of Chicago - Documents Of Dada and Surrealism - An overview of Dada in Zurich, Berlin, Paris and New York by Irene Hofman.
Meta Description: [ Page 1 of Irene E. Hofmann's 'Documents of Dada and Surrealism: Dada and Surrealist Journals in the
Mary Reynolds Collection' ]
Beginner's Guide to Dada - An appropriately irreverent profile of the Dada movement.
Cut And Paste - Dada - Biographies and galleries of the photomontages of Heartfield, Höch, Hausmann and Schwitters.
Dada And Dadaism - Features the artists, writers, poets and includes an bibliography.
Meta Description: [ Histoire du mouvement Dada, bibliographie du dadaïsme, diffusion de documents dadaïstes ]
Dada and Visual Arts - Olga's Gallery - History of the movement.
Meta Description: [ One of the largest online painting museums. New exhibits daily. Biographies and main works of many famous artists. Excellent quality of reproductions. Historical comments., History of the movement. ]
DaDa Online - Comprehensive introductory site for those that want to learn the history of the Dada movement.
Meta Description: [ DaDa Online is a source of many different texts and links to artwork on the web from the Dadaism movement in Europe. The information here is avalable in German and English. ]
Dadaism - 1918-1922 essay by Tristan Tzara.
Do da DADA List - Basic Dada resource with mailing list information, the Dada Tarot, and links.
International Dada Archive - The gateway to the International Online Bibliography of Dada. An extensive research site about the Dada movement.
Meta Description: [ The International Dada Archives at the University of Iowa Libraries ]
John Heartfield - Contains a brief biography of the controversial artist, sampling of his artwork, and information on a musical based on his life.
The DADA Server - A humorous site that marries DADA and the Web by putting text, electrons, elephants and your name into a blender.
The Photomontages of Hannah Hoch - A collection of photo montages created by Hannah Hoch.
WebMuseum: Dada - Short piece on the definition! and description of the Dada nihilistic movement.
Women Artists -- Dada and Surrealism - An excerpted chapter from Margaret Barlow's illustrated book Women Artists.
Meta Description: [ 'Dada and Surrealism,' a chapter excerpted from Margaret Barlow's illustrated book 'Women Artists.' ]
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