Curated OER
Dada and Neue Sachlichkeit
After the abstractists and the Cubists of the early 20th century left their mark, the Dada and Neue-Sachlichkeit movements began. Examine the interesting world of these movements and have your class consider their impact on current...
Curated OER
The Age of Confusion
According to the presentation, the age of confusion was marked by a very specific set of art and philosophical movements. Take a visual trip, and explore expressionism, cubism, Dada, Bauhaus, existentialism, and the new modes of...
Curated OER
Early Modern Art
Whether you are teaching an art class or world history class, this presentation will appeal to viewers' creative minds and receptive eyes. With brief explanations on Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Dada, and Bauhaus as representations...
Curated OER
So, So Surreal Self-Portraits
Students take virtual trip back in time to 1924 when a Dada manifesto sparked the Surrealist movement in Europe and the United States. They explore about the history of Surrealism and visit online galleries of notable artists of the past...
ArtLex
Art Lex: Dada Through the Ages
This site talks about the origin of dada and how it became a movement. It also gives examples of art and shows many of its more famous artists.
Incredible Art Department
The Incredible Art Department: Art Periods and Styles
A large collection of resource links here for a wide range of art periods and styles from ancient times to the modern day.
Tate
Tate Online I Map: "Opened by Customs" by Kurt Schwitters
This resource provides the painting "Opened by Customs" by dadaist painter Kurt Schwitters. An image file along with information about the artist and the artwork provide an excellent resource on the topic.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Here, This Is Stieglitz Here, Francis Picabia
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Here, This Is Stieglitz Here", a DADA painting by Francis Picabia.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Age of Anxiety: Europe in the 1920's
This site provides text from a lecture that looks at European culture after WWI. Looks at the literary and artistic developments during and as a result of the war. With links to several biographical websites on authors and philosophers...
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Inventing Marcel Duchamp:the Dynamics of Portraiture
An exhibition delving into the life and works of one of the leading Dada artists, Marcel Duchamp. Includes examples of his alter-ego portraits and videos of interviews with the artist and with experts discussing his art. [Videos are...
Other
University of Wolverhampton: What Is Surrealism?
Andre Breton's manifesto speech at a meeting in 1934 defining the Surrealism movement and its relation to Dadaism, World War I, and culture. (Very technical and in-depth.)
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Surrealism
A brief description of the beginning and growth of Surrealism between World War I and World War II including the goals and theories of this abstract art movement.
Other
Major Artists of Dada
This site contains links to artists who were very influential to the movement of dada.
PBS
Pbs American Masters: Man Ray
PBS American Masters series profiles the life and work of the photographer and artist Man Ray (1890-1976).
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Da Da Art Movement
The biography of the European DaDa art movement. Use this site out for more information, artist links and images.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Dada
This site is brief, but informative. It informs readers of the founding of Dada and defines what Dada is.
Other
Dada Online: Francis Picabia
At Dada Online, information is given on the French Dadaist painter, Picabia.
Other
Dada Online: Hans Richter
Learn all about this Dada painter and graphic artist, Hans Richter, at this Dada Online site.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Max Ernst
Biographical summary of the life and career of Max Ernst, German painter who helped found both the Dada movement and surrealism.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Jean Hans Arp
Biographical summary of the life and career of Jean Hans Arp, a German-French sculptor, and painter known as a Dadaist and an abstract artist.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Marcel Duchamp
Biographical account highlights the life and career of French-American painter Marcel Duchamp whose work is associated with Cubism and the Dada movement.