Surrealism

1
Surrealism
2
(No Transcript)
3
Say WHAT?!
4
Rene Magritte, Empire of Light (1953-4)
5
surrealism

• Art style begun in 1920s

• Fantastic imagery from subconscious mind

• No intention of logical comprehension

6
Magritte, The Promenades of Euclid
(1955)
7
Magritte, The Human Condition
8
Magritte, Attempting the Impossible
(1928)
9
Cubist paintings are like dreams
At first glance they seem realistic
But then you realize that somethings just not
right!
10
Here are some dreamlike works by Giorgio
de Chirico, a precursor of the
surrealist movement
Ariadne (1913)
11
De Chirico, Andromache
12
De Chirico, The Disturbing Muses
13
De Chirico, The Archaeologists
14
De Chirico, Love Song
15
De Chirico, The Profit
16
In their fascination with dreams, the Surrealists
were deeply influenced by the recent
psychoanalytic work of Sigmund Freud and Karl Jung
17
Heres a Surrealist favorite
Salvador Dali
18
Dali, The First Days of Spring (1929)
19
Dali, The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can
Be Used as a Table (1934)
20
Dali, Meditation on the Harp (c. 1932)
21
Dali, Daddy Longlegs of the Evening-Hope
(1940)
22
Dali, Portrait of Paul Eluard
(1929)
23
Dali, The Persistence of Memory (1931)
24
Dali, Cannibalism in Autumn (1936)
25
Dali, Crucifixion (1954)
26
(No Transcript)
27
Freud--and surrealism--questioned the
Renaissance/Scientific/Enlightenment view of
humans as totally rational beings.
Freud said humans were driven by basic
animal-like urges beyond our control.
28
After all, people said, look at the horror and
devastation of the Great War...
Thats what the centuries of progress have led
to?
29
Lets look at some more Magrittes!
30
Magritte, Colconde
31
Magritte, The Lovers II
32
Magritte, The UnexpectedAnswer
33
Magritte, Return
34
Magritte, Laimable verite
35
Magritte, Lassassin menace
36
Magritte, Les Bijoux Indiscrets
37
Magritte, Personal Values
38
Magritte, The Red Model
39
Magritte, The Mountaineer
40
Magritte, Le Chemin du Ciel
41
Magritte, The Rape
42
Magritte, Treachery of Images
43
Magritte, The Favorable Sign
44
Magritte, The Great War
45
The End