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- 1. SURREALISM Inspired by Dadaists,especially their improvisational techniques, automatic writing - Dreams (sparked by the work of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung) - Andre Breton’s Surrealist Manifesto The Subconscious , fantasy - Brings outer and inner “reality” together – much like dreams - Naturalistic Surrealism draws from life, using recognizable objects in a metaphorical way - Biomorphic Surrealism is mostly abstract, but suggest organisms or natural forms
- 2. Giorgio De Chirico TheMelancholy and Mystery of a Street 1914 oil on canvas 34 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.
- 3. Max Ernst Two ChildrenAre Threatened by a Nightingale 1924 Oil on wood with wood construction 2’3” x 1’10” x 4”
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- 5. Salvador Dali The Persistenceof Memory 1931 oil on canvas 9 1/2 x 13 in. “…to materialize the images of concrete irrationality with the most imperialistic fury of precision…in order that the world of imagination and of concrete irrationality may be as objectively evident…as that of the exterior world of phenomenal reality”
- 6. Salvador Dali The Metamorphosisof Narcissus 1937 oil on canvas 51.2 x 78.5 cm
- 7. Salvador Dali andLouis Buñuel Un Chien Andalou 1929 motion picture
- 8. René Magritte The Treacheryof Images 1928-29 oil on canvas 23 1/4 x 31 1/2 in.
- 9. René Magritte The Rape 1934 oilon canvas 77.5 x 58.7 cm
- 10. Meret Oppenheim Object 1936 fur-Covered cup,saucer and spoon 2 7/8 in. high
- 11. Joan Miro Painting 1933 oil oncanvas 5’8” x 6’5” Automatism – the creation of art without conscious control
- 12. Paul Klee Twittering Machine 1922 Watercolorand pen and ink, on oil transfer drawing on paper, mounted on cardboard 2’1” x 1’7”
- 15. Kazimir Malevich Suprematist Composition:Airplane Flying 1915 oil on canvas 1’10” x 1’7” SUPREMATISM PURE FEELING!
- 16. Naum Gabo Column 1923 Perspex, wood,metal, glass 3’5” x 2’5” x 2’5” CONSTRUCTIVISM
- 18. Piet Mondrian Composition with Red,Blue and Yellow 1930 oil on canvas 20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. DE STIJL – The Style
- 22. Piet Mondrian Broadway BoogieWoogie 1943 oil on canvas 50 x 50 in.
- 23. Constantin Brancusi Bird inSpace 1924 Bronze 4’2”
- 24. Henry Moore Reclining Figure 1939 Elmwood 3’1” x 6’7” x 2’6”
- 25. American Art 1930-1945 •Exposure to modern art through Armory show and influx of foreign artists • Artists relocated to America after the havoc WWII was wreaking on Europe (Dali, Grosz, Ernst) • Hitler and degenerate art • Museums hosted foreign artist exhibitions • MoMa and it’s role in American Modern Art • Many artists returned to Europe after the war, but left a strong impression on American art
- 26. Alexander Calder Lobster Trapand Fish Tail 1939 Painted sheet aluminum and wire 8’6” x 9’6”
- 27. The Effects ofthe Great Depression Dorothea Lange Migrant Mother, Nipomo Valley 1935 Gelatin silver print 1’1” x 9”
- 28. Edward Hopper Nighthawks 1942 oil oncanvas 2’6” x 4’8”
- 29. How are these paintingsrelated?
- 32. Grant Wood American Gothic 1930 oilon canvas 2’5” x 2’ REGIONALISM “Quaint, humorous and AMERICAN” Benton, Pioneer Days and Early Settlers, 1936
- 33. Diego Rivera Ancient Mexico,from History of Mexico 1929-1935 Fresco MEXICAN ART
- 34. Frida Kahlo The TwoFridas 1939 Oil on canvas 5’7” x 5’7”