MPC 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: Rue Mouffetard, Street Photography, Surrealism
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Was a painter, so had a quick eye for good composition. Finding the moment when all elements fit perfectly together. (not shown)pp: cartier-bresson, rue mouffetard, 1954. This was only possible after the small format 35mm role film camera was invented. Allowed more versatility in camera angles, movement, more intimate situations. Ppt: film stills, luis bunuel and salvadore dali, "un chien. Luis bunuel and salvadore dali, "un chien andulou", The early 20th c. art scene is a time of subversive artistic practices, including the futurists, dada, and surrealism. They all wrote manifestos and published regularly on their actions. They all relied on publicity and controversy. They were all initially literary movements, initiated by writers or poets. Futurists wanted to abandon the past in the name of the machine. Dadaists: were horrified by the war, and wanted to locate some innocence within the horror, and used "childhood" as their metaphor.
