Dadaism

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…to take. Surrealism was incredibly influenced by the movement Dada. Dada was the art movement that freed art from society and the barriers that art faced in general. Dada was and is the movement to revolt against the war and problems created by it. Their stance was for political and psychological reasons to help society believe that the war was bad. As well as being the generating influence on surrealism as we see it today.