Surrealism

1. Surrealism 1917 to 1950‘s by cody rudd and Dustin bell

2. important events during this time • World War 1 begin in 1917 and, • The Great Depression begin in 1929 and lasted till late 1930s to the early 40s. • Also World War 2 lasted 1939 to 1945 • Freudian Psychology is popular

3. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS • Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, • juxtapositions- is comparing two things that are seemingly unrelated • Realism mixed with fantasy • Subconscious drawings

4. artist • Salvador dali- he is without doubt, the most famous member of the surrealist artist. Dali was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealistwork.. Salvador Dali most important work is the The Persistence of Memory. Rene Magritte- This Belgian artist's work was opposite to that of the weird and insane works of Dali. He lived a quiet and "normal" life, married only one woman, and was very much a middle-class working man. Max Ernst-was one of the founding members of surrealism, who had previously been linked to the dada movement. Born in Germany.

5. Salvador dali-persistance of memory created in 1931

6. Rene Magritte-collective invention created in 1934

7. Max ernst-Two Children Frightened By a Nightingale created in 1924

8. summarization • Surrealism sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind. Surrealism was a revolutionary movement that was developed in Paris. • After listing and viewing the information in this power point I hope you are more familiar to the surrealism art movement.