Dada movement

Da·da or da·da (dä

dä)

A European artistic and literary movement (1916-1923) that flouted conventional aesthetic and cultural values by producing works marked by nonsense, travesty, and incongruity.

[French dada, hobbyhorse, Dada, of baby-talk origin.]

Dada·ism n.

Dada·ist adj. & n.

Dada·istic adj.

Dada [ˈdɑːdɑː], Dadaism [ˈdɑːdɑːˌɪzəm]

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Movements) a nihilistic artistic movement of the early 20th century in W Europe and the US, founded on principles of irrationality, incongruity, and irreverence towards accepted aesthetic criteria

[from French, from a children's word for hobbyhorse, the name being arbitrarily chosen]

Dadaist n & adj

Dadaistic adj

Dadaistically adv

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Noun	1.	dada - an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk dad, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop begetter, father, male parent - a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"
	2.	dada - a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty dadaism art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles

Translations

Dada [ˈdɑːdɑː]

A. N → dada m, dadaísmo m

B. ADJ → dadaísta

Dada

n (Art) → Dada m

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anti-art Arp art movement artistic movement begetter bib bosom breast dad Dadaism dadaist daddy de Stijl Duchamp Ernst Hobby male parent Marcel Duchamp papa	Surrealism, a trend that began in the 1920s, was initiated by the Dada movement that came to life in Paris during War World I Inspired by visual art and writings, Surrealism was a cultural movement that incorporated schools of thought on politics, philosophy and social theory Surrealism, a trend that began in the 1920s, was initiated by the Dada movement that came to life in Paris during War World I. The Surreal Works of Salvador Dali by Rob Mabry / Ethnic, cultural, racial issues community The exhibition traces surrealism beginning with its roots in the avant-garde dada movement that began in 1916 in response to the devastation of World of War I. THE ART OF STRANGE by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) McEvilley begins by defining the rise of anti-art in terms of Duchamp and the Dada movement. The Triumph of Anti-Art: Conceptual and Performance Art in the ... by Atwood, Kathryn / Afterimage	Dactyloctenium Dactyloctenium aegypticum dactylogram dactylography dactylology Dactylomancy dactylomegaly dactylonomy Dactylopiidae Dactylopius Dactylopius coccus Dactylopteridae Dactylopterous Dactylopterus Dactylorhiza Dactylorhiza fuchsii Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii Dactyloscopidae dactyloscopy Dactylotheca dactylozooid dad Dad and Dave Dad rock Dada Dada movement dadah Dadaism dadaist Dadd Daddle Daddock daddy daddy longlegs daddy track daddy-long-legs daddy-longlegs Dade dadgum dado dado plane Dadra and Nagar Haveli dae Dae-Han-Min-Gook daedal Daedalous Daedalus daemon daemonic daff Daffo	DACVIM DACVN DACVO DACVP DACVS DACZM dad dad dad dad dad Dad 'n' Daughter Dad and Dave Dad and I Dad fetch my buttons! Dad I'd Like to Find Dad in Room Dad of Daughters Only Dad Over Shoulder Dad rock Dad with a Camera Dad's Army Dad's Night Out DAD-1 DAD-IS DAD1 dada dada dada Dada Data Alpha and Beta Dada movement DADAA Dadabai Naoroji Dadabhai Naoroji Dadabhai Navroji Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education Dadabhoy Linux Users Community Dadabhoy Naoroji DADAC dadah dadaism dadaism Dadaist Dadaist Dadaistic Dadaistic Dadaistic movement Dadaistic movement Dadaists Dadaists DADAP DADAPR Dadar and Nagar Haveli Dadar and Nagar Haveli Dadar Nagar Haveli Dadar Nagar Haveli Dadas Dadas Dadash Khodzha Ogly Buniatzade Dadashev, Sadykh Alekper ogly DADC

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Surrealism, a trend that began in the 1920s, was initiated by the Dada movement that came to life in Paris during War World I Inspired by visual art and writings, Surrealism was a cultural movement that incorporated schools of thought on politics, philosophy and social theory Surrealism, a trend that began in the 1920s, was initiated by the Dada movement that came to life in Paris during War World I.

The Surreal Works of Salvador Dali by Rob Mabry / Ethnic, cultural, racial issues community

The exhibition traces surrealism beginning with its roots in the avant-garde dada movement that began in 1916 in response to the devastation of World of War I.

THE ART OF STRANGE by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)

McEvilley begins by defining the rise of anti-art in terms of Duchamp and the Dada movement.

The Triumph of Anti-Art: Conceptual and Performance Art in the ... by Atwood, Kathryn / Afterimage

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