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Major trends in literature and the arts Salvador Dali //The Persistence of Memory// 1931   Salvador Dali’s //The Persistence of Memory// // is one of the most popular paintings to come out of the surrealist movement—an artistic movement which spawned out of the modern art movement. The surrealist movement stressed absurdity and thoughts of the subconscious. This movement contrasted heavily with the rationalist thought and emphasis on realism in Renaissance art. However, surrealism best represented the Age of Anxiety, as the irrationality of many of the artworks symbolized the disillusionment of postwar Europe. // //  Surrealism was a major trend in the arts as it moved away from rationalistic art such as those in the Renaissance and focused more on absurdity and irrationality. // "The Persistence of Memory." __USC__. 2002. University of Southern California. 18 Apr. 2009 .