Surrealism was a cultural movement that began in the 1920s known for its visual artworks and writings that incorporated unconscious thoughts and dreams. There were two main types of Surrealists - automatic Surrealists who painted freely without thought to show the subconscious, and veristic Surrealists like René Magritte and Salvador Dalí who used familiar everyday objects painted realistically to convey hidden meanings or metaphors. Dalí and Magritte were two of the most famous Surrealist artists known for works like Persistence of Memory and The Son of Man that placed common items in unusual dreamlike situations.

1. SURREALISM

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What is Surrealism?
Historical Context
Features of Surrealism
Two main types of Surrealists
 Automatic Surrealists
 Veristic Surrealists
Important Artists
 Salvador DALI
 René MAGRITTE

3. What is SURREALISM?

4. WHAT IS SURREALISM?
a cultural movement that began in the
1920s.
 is best known for its visual artworks
and writings.
 art that included unconscious thoughts
and dreams.
 they preferred to set their imaginations
free.
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5. The aim was to "resolve the previously
contradictory conditions of dream and
reality.

6. Historical Context
began in 1924 with Andre Breton’s
Surrealist Manifesto.
 The Surrealism movement was
influenced by the ideas of Freud.
 It grew out of the Dadaism movement
in many respects.
 Many artists were influenced by major
events such as World War I and the
Great Depression.
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7. Features of Surrealism
Central importance of the
subconscious
 Dreams and the dream world
regarded as typifying this.
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8. Two main types of Surrealists
Automatic Surrealism
without thought, and was meant to show the
workings of the subconscious mind.
was adopted by many Surrealists, who
painted whatever came into their heads.
All about FEELINGS.

9. Joan Miro, La Leçon de Ski, 1966
Andre Masson,
Automatic Drawing, 1924

10. Veristic Surrealists
used very familiar everyday objects
painted in a formal, realistic style
 Believed Subconscious images had
meanings.
 Thought that artworks were like
metaphors.
 all about MEANING.
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11. René Magritte, The Son of
Man, 1964
Salvador Dali, One second before
awakening from a dream caused
by the flight of a bee around a
pomegranate, 1944

12. Probably the most famous artist of the 20th century,
after Picasso
SALVADOR DALI
Salvador DALI

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Birth: 11 May 1904, Spain.
Death: 23 Jan 1989
Full name: Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí i
Domènech
approach to surrealism is described as
a spontaneous method of irrational
behaviour.
uses realistic items to reveal his
dreamlike images
His paintings placed in unrealistic
situations

14. Salvador Dalí, Persistence of Memory, 1931

15. Salvador Dali Sleep 1937

16. René Magritte

17. Birth: 21 Oct 1898, Belgium
 Death: 15 Aug 1967
 Full name: René François Ghislain
Magritte
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often used everyday objects and
transformed them
His works generally give new meanings
to the familiar things.

18. Rene Magritte, Golconde, 1953

19. Rene Magritte, The Son of Man, 1964

20. Rene Magritte The Lovers 1928

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