Abstract Surrealism - It is characterized by applying pure automatism, by which

the artists invent own figurative universes.

automatism - refers to creating art without conscious thought, accessing material from the

unconscious mind as part of the creative process. 

Constructivism - was an artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in Russia beginning
in 1915 by Vladimir Tatlin and Alexander Rodchenko. Abstract and austere, constructivist art
aimed to reflect modern industrial society and urban space

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 satirical and nonsensical in nature.

De Stijl - was a circle of Dutch abstract artists who promoted a style of art based on a strict
geometry of horizontals and verticals. Piet Mondrian. Composition B (No.II) with Red 1935.
Tate. Originally a publication, De Stijl was founded in 1917 by two pioneers of abstract art, Piet
Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg.

frottage - In art, frottages is a surrealist and "automatic" method of creative production developed
by Max Ernst.

International Style - a functional style of 20th-century architecture, so called because it crossed

national and cultural barriers. It is characterized by the use of steel and reinforced concrete, wide
windows, uninterrupted interior spaces, simple lines, and strict geometric forms.

photomontage - a montage constructed from photographic images.

readymade - (especially of products such as clothes and curtains) made to a standard size or
specification rather than to order.

Representational Surrealism - The representational style of Surrealism (Verism) deployed

true-life imagery in an impossible form or location. ... Central to a number of surrealist artists
was the technique of subconscious or automatic painting; other artistic techniques included
Frottage, Decalcomania, and Grattage.

social realism - the realistic depiction in art of contemporary life, as a means of social or political
comment.

Surrealism a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature which sought to release the
creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images.