A movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1916 at the Cabaret Voltaire. The founders of this movement struck upon this essentially nonsense word to embody a simultaneously playful and nihilisti [..]

1920, from French dada "hobbyhorse," child's nonsense word, selected 1916 by Romanian poet Tristan Tzara (1896-1963), leader of the movement, for its resemblance to meaningless babble.F [..]

An artistic and literary movement that grew out of dissatisfaction with traditional social values and conventional artistic practices during World War I (1914–18). Dada artists were disillusioned by t [..]

Dada was an art movement formed during the First World War in Zurich in negative reaction to the horrors and folly of the war. The art, poetry and performance produced by dada artists is often satiric [..]

Anarchic art from Switzerland, its intent was to provoke. Tzara, Arp, Duchamp.

(n) an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk(n) a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and [..]

   A movement in art in which frustration over the destruction of human life that took place during World War 1 was expressed by fashioning artworks out of trash or other material put together in a chaotic form.

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an early 20th-century art movement which started in Europe and deliberately challenged traditional aesthetic standards and cultural values. Artists include Hans (Jean) Arp (1886–1966), Francis Picabia [..]

A word meaning "hobby horse" in French, and "yes, yes" in Slavic, it is linked to poet, Tristan Tzara, who reportedly stabbed a penknife in a dictionary in a random place, and it l [..]

Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in neutral Zürich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature (poetry, art [..]

- An early twentieth century art movement that critically questioned even ridiculed contemporary culture and traditional art forms. It was born as a consequence of the collapse during World War I of s [..]

A movement that emerged during World War I in Europe that purported to be anti-everything, even anti-art. Dada poked fun at all the established traditions and tastes in art with works that were delibe [..]

all media. This term refers to the cultural movement that began in Switzerland during World War I. Encompassing all of the arts and concentrating on anti-war statements, the Dada movement aimed to des [..]

This was almost an anti-art movement where the artist would make a recreation of a piece of art with a peculiar change. The Mona Lisa with a mustache is a great example of the dada style. This all cam [..]

Launched in Zürich in 1916 as a literary group, Dada quite naturally ended up encompassing all art forms, typography and publishing. The Artistic movement of Dada soon spread to artists in other Europ [..]

A multi-disciplinary movement that arose in Europe in response to the horrors of the First World War, whose adherents aimed to deconstruct and demolish traditional societal values and institutions. Ar [..]

An early twentieth century art movement which emerged during the First World War. Rather than supporting a specific art style of its own Dada ridiculed traditional art forms and contemporary culture. [..]

An artistic and political movement that that began in Zürich, Switzerland, during World War I. It was a protest against bourgeois interests which Dadaists believed caused the war, and against the conf [..]

A radical artistic and literary movement that was a reaction against the cultural and political climate that supported the First World War. The Dadaists took an anti-establishment attitude, questioning art's status and favouring performance and collage over traditional art techniques. Many Dadaists went on to become involved with Surrealism.

(childish,countable) Father, dad. (informal,uncountable|South-east Asia) illegal drugs.

A cultural movement that began in during and peaked from 1916 to 1920. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly poetry), theatre, and graphic design, and was characterized b [..]

Means "curly hair" in Yoruba.