Dada

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First International Dada Fair, Berlin, 1920.

Marcel Duchamp: Fountain

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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

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Related Artists	Francis Picabia • Tristan Tzara • Marcel Duchamp • Hannah Höch • John Heartfield • Raoul Hausmann • Eduardo Paolozzi • Huang Yong Ping • Man Ray • Jean Arp • Max Ernst • Sophie Taeuber-Arp • André Breton • George Grosz • Theo van Doesburg • Paul van Ostaijen • Louis Aragon • Philippe Soupault • Kurt Schwitters • Clément Pansaers

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First International Dada Fair, Berlin, 1920.

Marcel Duchamp: Fountain

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Romanticism Modernism Art Deco Art Nouveau Minimalism Futurism Symbolism Aestheticism Fluxus classicism

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Drawing by Edward Lear for his poem "There was an Old Man in a tree, who was horribly bored by a bee; When they said, "Does it buzz?" he replied, "Yes, it does!" (cont'd)

Everything in Art and Design (Part One) Quiz

Color pastels, colored chalk, colorful chalk. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society

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