Surrealism was an artistic movement that began in the early 1920s. It emphasized tapping into the subconscious mind to create dreamlike scenes and juxtapose unrelated objects. The founder was Andre Breton, who defined it as resolving the contradictions between dream and reality. Surrealist artists painted scenes with photographic precision but illogical elements, combining everyday objects in strange ways. The movement inspired other fields like film, literature, fashion and challenged conventional views of reality.

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By SBy SUMAIYAUMAIYA IISLAMSLAM

2. Slides presented By : SUMAIYA ISLAM
Student ID : 152081002
Semester : 1st
Batch : 8th
Submitted to : Tanjil Fatema (Lecturer)
Submission Date : 30th March, 2016

3. SSurrealismurrealism
was a style of art and literature that stressed thewas a style of art and literature that stressed the
subconscious or non rational. subconscious or non rational.
The aim was to "resolve the previously contradictoryThe aim was to "resolve the previously contradictory
conditions of dream and reality".conditions of dream and reality".
Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes with photographicArtists painted unnerving, illogical scenes with photographic
precision, created strange creatures from everydayprecision, created strange creatures from everyday
objects and developed painting techniques that allowedobjects and developed painting techniques that allowed
the unconscious to express itselfthe unconscious to express itself
Originally a literary movement, it explored dreams, theOriginally a literary movement, it explored dreams, the
unconscious, the element of chance and multiple levels ofunconscious, the element of chance and multiple levels of
reality.reality.
• ““more than real”more than real”
• ““better than real”better than real”

6. What is Surrealism??What is Surrealism??
• Surrealism is a cultural movement thatSurrealism is a cultural movement that
began in the early 1920s, and is bestbegan in the early 1920s, and is best
known for its visual artworks and writingsknown for its visual artworks and writings.
• Its name derived from the phrase DrameIts name derived from the phrase Drame
surrealiste, the sub-title of a 1917 play bysurrealiste, the sub-title of a 1917 play by
the writer and artthe writer and art
critic GuillaumeApollinaire.critic GuillaumeApollinaire.

7. Surrealist inspired from…Surrealist inspired from…
• The surrealists were greatelyThe surrealists were greately
inspired by the psychologicalinspired by the psychological
studies ofstudies of SIGMUNDSIGMUND
FREUD.FREUD.
• Freud thought that byFreud thought that by
analyzing dreams,you couldanalyzing dreams,you could
figure out certain psychosesfigure out certain psychoses
and mental disorders.and mental disorders.
• He said “Dreams are oftenHe said “Dreams are often
most profound when theymost profound when they
seem the most crazy.”seem the most crazy.”

8. Who Founded Surrealism?Who Founded Surrealism?
The writer ANDRE BRETONThe writer ANDRE BRETON
nicknamed "the Pope ofnicknamed "the Pope of
Surrealism", was theSurrealism", was the
movement's founder and chiefmovement's founder and chief
theorist.theorist.
He introduced and defined
the new style in his initial
1924 manifesto (Manifeste
du Surrealisme) and later
in his painting bulletin
(Surrealisme et la
Peinture).

10. Techniques of
Surrealism…
t here are some t echniques which
were f ollowed by t he surrealist s…

17. Characteristics of SurrealismCharacteristics of Surrealism
 Infence of Freud: Dreams and subconscious
 Reversal of natural laws
 Juxtaposition
 Created strange creatures from everyday
objects

18. It also has distorted and
impossible sizes of objects

19. Many surrealist art is set inMany surrealist art is set in
wide open space and havewide open space and have
long shadowslong shadows

20. It usually hasIt usually has
unrealistic andunrealistic and
fantastic scenaryfantastic scenary

21. Surrealism artists
• Salvador Dali
• Rene Magritte
• Giorgio de Chirico
• Max Ernst
• Yves Tanguy
• Joan Miro
• Paul Klee

22. Salvador Dali
He is the most famous surrealist and one of the surrealist master,and his fame
was greater than just being an artist.
He was a Spanish painter.Very eccentric and bizarre and depicted highly
imaginative scenes.

23. • Dali was something of an
exhibitionist; he loved to
gain publicity by
shocking or provoking
his critics.
• He spent the war years
(WWII) in America,
where he made a fortune
working with advertisers
and with Disney.

24. •
• Most of the works he did revolved around painting,
sculpture work, and he worked as a graphic artist and
designer as well.
• During the course of his career, he experienced many
different art forms, and experimented with a few styles,
allowing him to further his points of expression, and the
design pieces which he created during the illustrious and
extensive career that he had.
• During his career, he focused on cubism, futurism, as well
as metaphysical painting work, until in 1929, he joined
the group of surrealists, and this art movement which he
felt a connection to.

25. I don't do
drugs. I am
drugs.

26. PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY
Dali once said that the mind and time are like “cheese”
that are full of holes(unreliable).
Means memory can be deceiving

27. Mae WestMae West
Mae west’s face was designed by Dali
As an apartment where West’s lips are
As sofa eyes are as paintings hair is as
curtain
This is a famous work by him.

28. Other famous works by Dali
. . Sleep Swans Reflecting Elephants
Metamorphosis of Narcisus The Anthropomorphic Cabinet

29. Salvador Dali – Accomodations of Desire

30. Salvador Dali – Gala contemplating the sea….

31. Dali’s jewellary
design….

32. Rene MagritteRene Magritte
• Belgian artist
• Mother committed suicide
• His work showed clear
draftsmanship
• Used to create perception
and illuision
• Did frescoes and
sculptures in later life
• Died of cancer.

33. Works…

34. JoAn MiRo
• Was a spanish
catalan
painter,sculptor,cera
mist
• Typically biomorphic
abstract images
• Convincingly depicts
organisms take
shapes,defined clear
outline and sharp
colors..

35. Someofhisworks…

36. SSurrealism has had an impact in many other fieldsurrealism has had an impact in many other fields
such assuch as ccinema,inema,ffashion andashion and people”s thoughtpeople”s thought……
 MusicMusic
 FilmFilm
 LiteratureLiterature
 TheatreTheatre
Were other parts ofWere other parts of SSurrealismurrealism

37. Surrealist cinema
Early films by Surrealists include:
• Entr'acte by René Clair(1924)Entr'acte by René Clair(1924)
• La Coquille et le clergyman by Germaine La Coquille et le clergyman by Germaine
Dulac, screenplay by Antonin Artaud (1928)Dulac, screenplay by Antonin Artaud (1928)
• L'Étoile de mer by Man Ray (1928)L'Étoile de mer by Man Ray (1928)
• Un Chien Andalou by Luis Buñuel and Un Chien Andalou by Luis Buñuel and
Salvador Dalí (1929)Salvador Dalí (1929)
• L'Âge d'Or by Buñuel and Dalí (1930)L'Âge d'Or by Buñuel and Dalí (1930)
• Le sang d'un poète by Jean Cocteau (1930)Le sang d'un poète by Jean Cocteau (1930)

38. Surreal i sm and
l i t erat ure
• Sur r e a l i s m i n l i t e r a t ur e c a n be
d e f i ne d a s a n a r t i s t i c a t t e mp t
t o br i d g e t o g e t he r r e a l i t y a nd
t he i ma g i na t i o n. Sur r e a l i s t s
s e e k t o o v e r c o me t he
c o nt r a d i c t i o ns o f t he c o ns c i o us
a nd unc o ns c i o us mi nd s by
c r e a t i ng unr e a l o r bi z a r r e
s t o r i e s f ul l o f j ux t a p o s i t i o ns .

39. Whi l e t he i dea of sur r eal i sm i s
compl ex, sur r eal i st l i t er at ur e
does have common char act er i st i cs…
• Surreal i st l i t erat ure wi l l have cont rast i ng i mages or
i deas.
• Thi s t echni que i s used t o hel p readers make new
connect i ons and expand t he reader' s real i t y, or rat her t he
reader' s i dea of what real i t y i s.
• Surreal i sm wi l l use i mages and met aphors t o compel t he
reader t o t hi nk deeper and reveal subconsci ous meani ng.
• Inst ead of rel yi ng on pl ot , surreal i st wri t ers i nst ead
f ocus on t he charact ers, di scovery, and i magery t o f orce
readers t o di g i nt o t hei r unconsci ous and anal yze what
t hey f i nd.
• Surreal i sm al so uses poet i c st yl es t o creat e dreaml i ke and
f ant ast i c st ori es t hat of t en def y l ogi c.
• Rat her t han i ncorporat e t he normal prosai c st ruct ure l i ke
l i near pl ot s and st ruct ured set t i ngs, surreal i sm uses
poet i c t echni ques, l i ke l eaps i n t hi nki ng ( f ree
associ at i on) , abst ract i deas, and nonl i near t i mel i nes.

40. Surrealist musicSurrealist music
• Surrealist music is music which uses unexpected
juxtapositions and other surrealist techniques.
• Discussing Theodor Adorno, MaxPaddison (1993, 90)
defines surrealist music as that which "juxtaposes its
historically devalued fragments in a montage-like manner
which enables them to yield up new meanings within a
new aesthetic unity," though Lloyd Whitesell says this is
Paddison's gloss of the term (Whitesell 2004, 118).
• Anne LeBaron (2002, 27) cites automatism,
including improvisation, and collage as the primary
techniques of musical surrealism.
• According to Whitesell, Paddison quotes Adorno's 1930
essay "Reaktion und Fortschritt" as saying "Insofar as
surrealist composing makes use of devalued means, it
uses these as devalued means, and wins its form from
the 'scandal' produced when the dead suddenly spring up
among the living"

41. Now a days surreal i sm i s
pract i sed i n modern
ways…

46. Critisism of Surrealism
Fe m inists have in the
past critiq ue d Surre alism , claim ing that it
is fundam e ntally a m ale m o ve m e nt and a
m ale fe llo wship. Fe m inist critics be lie ve
that it ado pts archaic attitude s to ward
wo m e n, such as wo rshiping the m
sym bo lically thro ug h ste re o type s and
se xist no rm s. Wo m e n are o fte n m ade to
re pre se nt hig he r value s and transfo rm e d
into o bje cts o f de sire and o f m yste ry

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