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Surrealism 1924- Brittney Snow
Surrealist Artists Salvador Dali René Magritte Max Ernst Joan Miró
Surrealism Surrealism is a style in which fantastical visual imagery from the subconscious mind is used with no intention of making the work logically comprehensible. Dictionary definition: a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.
Surrealism Founded in 1924 by André Breton; in Paris, France The movement's principal aim was ‘to resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality.’ Inspired by the works of Freud and Jung.
Dali, The Disintegration of Persistence of Memory, 1952-1954
Dali, The Last Supper, 1955
Max Ernst Approaching Puberty 1921
After Us Motherhood 1927 by Max Ernst
René Magritte 1964 "The Great War”
René Magritte 1964 "The Son of Man"
Works Cited 1) MoMa exhibition of Joan Miro~ Painting and Anti-Painting 1927-1937 http://www.artknowledgenews.com/MoMA_exhibition_of_Joan_Miro.html 2) Bert Christensen's Cyberspace Gallery, René Magritte, Belgian, 1898 – 1967 http://bertc.com/g9/index.htm 3) Surrealism http://www.artmovements.co.uk/surrealism.htm 4) Surrealism http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/surrealism.html 5)Artinthepicture.com http://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/Max_Ernst/ 6) Story Bytes http://www.storybytes.com/view-dali/paintings/index-b.html 7)Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/surrealism

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Surrealism

  • 2. Surrealist Artists Salvador Dali René Magritte Max Ernst Joan Miró
  • 3. Surrealism Surrealism is a style in which fantastical visual imagery from the subconscious mind is used with no intention of making the work logically comprehensible. Dictionary definition: a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.
  • 4. Surrealism Founded in 1924 by André Breton; in Paris, France The movement's principal aim was ‘to resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality.’ Inspired by the works of Freud and Jung.
  • 5. Dali, The Disintegration of Persistence of Memory, 1952-1954
  • 6. Dali, The Last Supper, 1955
  • 7. Max Ernst Approaching Puberty 1921
  • 8. After Us Motherhood 1927 by Max Ernst
  • 9. René Magritte 1964 "The Great War”
  • 10. René Magritte 1964 "The Son of Man"
  • 11.
  • 12.
  • 13. Works Cited 1) MoMa exhibition of Joan Miro~ Painting and Anti-Painting 1927-1937 http://www.artknowledgenews.com/MoMA_exhibition_of_Joan_Miro.html 2) Bert Christensen's Cyberspace Gallery, René Magritte, Belgian, 1898 – 1967 http://bertc.com/g9/index.htm 3) Surrealism http://www.artmovements.co.uk/surrealism.htm 4) Surrealism http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/surrealism.html 5)Artinthepicture.com http://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/Max_Ernst/ 6) Story Bytes http://www.storybytes.com/view-dali/paintings/index-b.html 7)Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/surrealism