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Surrealism 1924

Surrealism 1924. Surrealism 1924 Originally a literary movement, it explored dreams, the unconscious, the element of chance and multiple levels of reality. “more than real” “better than real”. WHY Surrealism in 1924? What was happening in the world around this time?.

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Surrealism 1924

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  1. Surrealism1924

  2. Surrealism1924 Originally a literary movement, it explored dreams, the unconscious, the element of chance and multiple levels of reality. “more than real” “better than real”

  3. WHY Surrealism in 1924? What was happening in the world around this time?

  4. WHY Surrealism in 1924? • What was happening in the world around this time? • World War I (1914-1918) • Sigmund Freud

  5. Surrealists believed that the conscious mind repressed the power of the imagination. They were also Influenced by the father of Socialism: Karl Marx; they hoped that the psyche had the power to reveal the contradictions in the everyday world and spur on revolution.

  6. Physically and psychologically, WWI destroyed Western civilization Countries Involved: Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Canada France Germany Great Britain Greece India Iraq Italy Japan Montenegro New Zealand Poland Portugal Rhodesia Romania Russia Serbia South Africa Turkey United States

  7. “The logic, science and technology that many thought would bring a better world had gone horribly wrong. Instead of a better world, the advancements of the 19th century had produced such high tech weapons as machine guns, long-range artillery, tanks, submarines, fighter planes and mustard gas.” (source: Janson)

  8. Staggering destruction and loss of life TOTAL WWI CASUALTIES: 11,016,000

  9. Sigmund Freud(1856-1939) • The father of psychoanalysis • In 1900, Freud published The Interpretation of Dreams, and introduced the wider public to the notion of the unconscious mind • theorized that forgetfulness or slips of the tongue (now called "Freudian slips") were not accidental at all, but it was the "dynamic unconscious" revealing something meaningful. • He said “Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.”

  10. Andre BretonPoet “Surrealism is based on the belief in the superior reality of the dream”

  11. Surreal Odd Illogical Irrational Exciting Disturbing

  12. Characteristics of Surrealism • Reaction to chaos of WWI • Influence of Freud: Dreams and subconscious • Impossible scale • Reversal of natural laws • Double images • Juxtaposition

  13. Where?France, Germany, Catalunya, BelgiumArtistsMax Ernst Salvador Dali Louise BourgeoisJoan Miro Man RayRene MagritteDororthea Tanning

  14. Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904–1989)

  15. The Metamorphosis of Narcissus, 1937, Salvador Dali

  16. Salvador DaliPersistence of Memory 1931

  17. Salvador DaliApparition

  18. Rene Magritte Belgian, 1898-1967

  19. René MagritteLes valeurs personnelles (Personal Values)1952

  20. René MagritteLa Chambre d'écoute (The Listening Room)1952 (impossible scale)

  21. Concepts of unconscious realities and dream interpretation in Surrealism is further emphasized by Sigmund Freud's contributions to the new order of thought.  Rene MagritteCeci n’est pas une pipe

  22. Dorothea Tanning American, 1910-2012

  23. Dorothea Tanning, Birthday, 1942

  24. Dorothea Tanning, Some Roses and their Phantoms, 1952

  25. Max Ernst German, 1891-1976

  26. Max Ernst, Europe after the Rain 2, 1940-42

  27. Max Ernst, Piéta or Revolution by Night, 1923

  28. Task: Select a Surrealist work of art, either from this .ppt , the textbook or online (artcyclopedia.com). Write a critique of the work using the handout distributed in class. Once you have jotted down your ideas, compose a well written paragraph.

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