Whats the difference between surrealism and abstract art?

Question: can someone give examples of both thanks

Answer: surrealism- actual things drawn pretty realistically, but they don't make sense together or that scene wouldn't happen in real life. Even if the object depicted doesn't make sense, it's still clearly depicted. For example, there could be a painting of a room in which an apple takes up half of it. ex. http://www.etropolis.com/escher/pix/donotlink/hands.jpg http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_work_lg_152_3.html abstract- even though it conveys emotions or sometimes resembles things, abstract usually doesn't depict a scene and is sometimes shapes and colors, that when combined makes you feel a certain way. For example, a lot of blue and green wavy lines and circles would make you feel calm. ex. http://z.about.com/d/painting/1/5/F/M/abstract-karenvath1f.jpg http://www.modernartimages.com/images/abstract/abstract-expressionism-newday.jpg http://www.modernartimages.com/images/abstract/abstract-art-picture-royalpassage.jpg Both art forms evoke thoughts and/or feelings.

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