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| Surrealism | A 20th-century literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter. |
| Psychoanalysis | The method of psychological therapy originated by Sigmund Freud in which free association, dream interpretation, and analysis of resistance and transference are used to explore repressed or unconscious impulses, anxieties, and internal conflicts, in order to free psychic energy for mature love and work. |
| Sigmund Freud | Austrian neurologist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Best known for his theories of the unconscious mind and the defense mechanism of repression and for creating the clinical practice of psychoanalysis for curing psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst. |
| Symbolism | The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in "a sea of troubles" or "All the world's a stage" ( |
| Juxtaposition | the act of placing objects side by side often for comparison |
| Focal Point | the center of interest or activity in a work of art. It may or may not be the actual center of a painting or drawing, but it is always the most important part. Contrast, structure and color are three things that help define it. |
| Perspective | The art and the science of so delineating objects that they shall seem to grow smaller as they recede from the eye. |
| Exquisite Corpse | A game played by several people, each of whom would write a phrase or draw a picture on a sheet of paper, fold the paper to conceal part of it, and pass it on to the next player for his contribution. |
| Manifesto | A public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions. |
