1 / 16

Surrealism

Surrealism. 1900-1910. Surrealism. Goal was to tap into unconscious imagery Centered around two forms: Improvised art Hallucinatory scenes. Surrealism. Improvised art: Distancing themselves from conscious control. Surrealism: Improvised. Joan Miro

donoma
Download Presentation

Surrealism

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Surrealism 1900-1910

  2. Surrealism • Goal was to tap into unconscious imagery • Centered around two forms: • Improvised art • Hallucinatory scenes

  3. Surrealism • Improvised art: • Distancing themselves from conscious control

  4. Surrealism: Improvised • Joan Miro • Worked spontaneously either in a trance-like state or creative frenzy • Used almost semi-abstract forms to represent common items (suns, moons, animals)

  5. Dutch Interior 1 by Joan Miro

  6. Dutch Interior 2 by Joan Miro

  7. Detail of Dutch Interior 2 by Joan Miro

  8. Surrealism • Hallucinatory Art: • Used realistic techniques to create hallucinatory scenes that defy common sense.

  9. Surrealism: Hallucinatory • Salvador Dali: • Painted with meticulous realism • Distorted objects grotesquely and placed them in unreal dream landscapes

  10. Sleep by Salvador Dali

  11. Detail of Sleep by Salvador Dali

  12. Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali

  13. Surrealism: Hallucinatory • Rene Magritte: • Painted disturbing, illogical images with startling clarity • Put everyday objects in odd situations to startle the viewer

  14. Son of Man by Margritte

  15. The False Mirror by Rene Margritte

  16. Raining Men by Rene Margritte

More Related