2. “surrealisme”literally means that which extends
beyond realism or finds itself outside of reality.
Definition:style of art and literature, stressing the
subconscious and non-rational thought.
3. André Breton
• Founder of Surrealism
• Acted as a neurologist: kept records of his own patients'
dreams and wrote down the rambling things they said in
an attempt to learn about the subconscious
• First work was The Magnetic Fields
• Wrote Surrealist Manifesto in Paris
October 1924: this marked the date of the
creation of Surrealism SUBCONSCIOUS: a deep,
mysterious part of the mind
we are not normally aware
of.
5. Sigmund Freud
•Psychoanalytical approach to the mind
•Believed that people are influenced by things that
we are not aware of (subconscious)
•Introduced unconscious mind
•Natural tendencies of people to be violent and
sexual impulses from early childhood
•Influential in psychology and surrealism
6. Hieronymus Bosch
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bosch/delight/
-can be considered earliest Surrealist artist (lived 500 years
ago).
-conjured up nightmarish visions.
-Surrealists were influenced his unique style.
7. Giuseppe -16th century Italian
Arcimboldo -made portraits with
fruits and
vegetables
http://www.giuseppe-arcimboldo.org/biography.html
8. Giorgio de Chirico
-juxtaposition:
an act or instance of placing close
together or side by side, especially
for comparison or contrast.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/juxtaposition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_de_Chirico
9. Dadaism
-Emerged after WW1.
-Art against war, called "Anti-Art" (made fun of society and
its ideas).
-Many of the surrealist artists were Dada artists before
converting to surrealism, including Max Ernst and
Salvador Dali.
-Surrealism, in some ways, was a continuation of Dada but
it's outlook was more positive.
10. WWI
-Millions died: Artists felt that "progress",
reason, and logic had failed.
-Helped spread Surrealism around the world.
11. Surrealism "The Gift" Man Ray
"Ready-
mades""
Meret Oppenheim "Object (Fur Breakfast)"
http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=80997
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/surrealism-manray.html
12. Major Surrealist
Artists
-Joan Miro
-Salvador Dali
-Max Ernst
-Rene Magritte
14. Painting of a Rooster
http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1024&bih=571&tbm=isch&tbnid=CujlNeI-
x__LHM:&imgrefurl=http://joanmiro.com/&docid=2jZ0ndzQzk29NM&imgurl=http://joanmiro.com/wp-
content/uploads/2009/05/joanmiro1.jpg&w=643&h=840&ei=r0tUUaT5O8O32wX4i4DwCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=2&vpy=129&dur=155&hovh=257&hovw=196&tx=125
&ty=36&page=1&tbnh=138&tbnw=112&start=0&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:138
15. Salvador Dali
-Born in Spain 1904
-Started painting at age 10
-Joined Surrealist group
in 1929
-Expelled from the group
in 1934
-Married to Gala Dali in
1934
-Died 1989 http://www.biography.com/people/salvador-dal%C3%AD-40389
16. The beginning of his art
Girl Standing at a window- 1925
http://www.naderlibrary.com/DALITOC23.htm
17. The Enigma of Desire: My Mother, My Mother, My
Mother
1929
Dali
http://www.edali.org/enigma-of-desire.jsp
18. Dali and the Surrealism
movement
Invisible Sleeping Woman, Horse, Lion 1930
http://www.oilpaintinghk.com/art/oil_paintings_11782.html
19. The Persistence of memory
1931
http://www.edali.org/persistence-of-memory.jsp
20. Similarities in Dali’s Art
The Angelus The Architectonic Angelus of Millet
by Millet 1933
http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/artists/angelus.html http://www.edali.org/millets-architectonic-angelus.jsp
21. Atavistic Ruins after the Rain Portrait of Gala
1934 1935
http://www.canvastar.com/product_info_n.php?products_id=3211&language=e http://www.american-buddha.com/DALITOC67.htm
n
29. COMMON TECHNIQUES...
Frottage: technique of rubbing raised surfaces
to get a pattern/textured look on paper
http://elephantaday.blogspot.com/2012/02/elephant-no-126-frottage.html
http://peggy2011.deviantart.com/art/Dragon-Frottage-Collage-WIP-324057378
http://despinarangou.blogspot.com/2011/03/frottage-by-max-ernst.html
30. Grattage: ("scraping") used in oil and plaster
painting
"Eve, the Only One left to us"
http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/max-ernst/eve-the-only-one-left-to-us-
1925
38. Effects of Surrealism
-Surrealism influenced many new artists and
art "Isms"
- As Surrealism dispersed, the rise of
Existentialism and Abstract Expressionism
occurred.
-The idea of using the Psych for art carried on
through these artists
39. Abstract Expressionism
-An "-Ism" influenced by surrealism that was
all about the artists expressing themselves on
the canvas.
www.metmuseam.org
41. Lasting effects...
-Surrealism allowed its artists and audiences to
recognize and better understand their
subconscious.
- Surrealism teaches us how to balance and
interact between the Spiritual, psychological,
and physical planes of our lives.
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