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Surrealism:Artists as Inventors

Mrs. EllerART IUnit #5: ART HISTORY

SURREALISM ART HISTORY BOOKLET

Gather art supplies so you can be creative with booklet design! Sharpies, colored pencils, etc. Be ready by folding booklet! We will begin on

PAGE #1 LABEL page with the word…

SURREAL

Surrealism: Artists as InventorsSurreal: dreamlike; characterized by fantastic imagery and juxtapositions.Surrealism was a cultural & artistic movement that began in the early 1920’s.Some artists that created works that fit in the Surrealist movement were…

Remedios Varo

Salvador Dali

Rene Magritte

Surrealism: Artists as Inventors

Salvador Dali1904-1989Spanish

Surrealism: Artists as InventorsThe Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table, 1934. Oil on Panel, 24 cm x 18 cm. Salvador Dali Museum St. Petersburg, Florida. Title refers to Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer.

DESCRIBE: What is the subject matter?

Surrealism: Artists as Inventors

Swans Reflecting Elephants, 1937. Oil on canvas, 51 cm x 77 cm.

ANALYZE: What elements & principles is the artist

focusing on?

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The Persistence of Memory, (1931).

INTERPRET: What is happening in the artwork?

MASTER SKETCH on PAGE

#2!

• Label with ARTIST, TITLE

and DATE

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The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory, (1952-54). 10” x 13”

INTERPRET: What is happening in the artwork? What is different?

What is the similar?

VENN DIAGRAM

on PAGE #2 also!

LABEL page with the word…

WHO?

WHERE?

WHY?

SURREALISM ART HISTORY BOOKLET

ANDRE created a BRETON Manifesto of

Surrealism

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ParisThe aim of the movement was an attempt to

discover a super-reality by interpreting dream and reality together – 2 conditions that contradict one another.

Surrealism: Artists as Inventors

Remedios Varo1908-1963Spanish-Mexican

Surrealism: Artists as InventorsSpiral Transit, 1962.

What path would a boat travel to the center of the village in this

work?

Spiral

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Mimesis, 1960. Oil on masonite.

MASTER SKETCH on PAGE

#4!

• Label with ARTIST, TITLE

and DATE

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Mimesis, 1960. Oil on masonite.

How did the artist indicate depth in this painting?

Linear perspective of the floorboards.

Size – Objects in background are

smaller than objects in foreground.

There are shadows from a light source.

Surrealism: Artists as Inventors

Mimesis, 1960. Oil on masonite.

How is Mimesis both real and unreal?

REAL - Realistic representation of a

3-D space.

UNREAL – Woman is changing into

furniture.

UNREAL – Inanimate objects

are moving.

Surrealism: Artists as Inventors

Exploration of the Orinoco River, 1959.

What is the ‘vehicle’? & What is it made of?

A coat??

What parts are of the boat are make it work?

A boat.

The rotor, wings, and compass assist with the journey.

Surrealism: Artists as InventorsRene Magritte1898-1967Belgian

Lothar Wolleh, Portrait of Rene Magritte, 1967.

Surrealism: Artists as Inventors

Son of Man, (1964).

What is concealed?Does it create mystery?

What feelings does this work evoke in you?

CAN YOU FIND & EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS PAINTING FITS

UNDER SURREALISM?

MASTER SKETCH on PAGE #5!

• Label with ARTIST, TITLE and DATE

Surrealism: Artists as Inventors

The Therapist, 1941.

DESCRIBE…ANALYZE…

and INTERPRET…

How is it real and surreal?

Real – Landscape,

lighting, and proportion

of body parts.

Surreal – Bird cage in

place of torso and head of human.

Surrealism: Artists as InventorsThe Lovers, 1928. Why are their heads draped in fabric ?

What kind of landscape is in

the background- What does it contribute to the mood of

the work?

What does it contribute to the mood of

the work

What are some tools that these artists used to turn an ordinary, realistic visual images into SURREALISTIC images? LIST AND DEFINE ON PAGE #6!

1. Juxtaposition : putting things together that do not belong together - example “Fish in the desert”

Surrealism: Artists as Inventors

2. Exaggeration/Distortion: to represent disproportionately – example “The shoes exaggerate the size of her feet” OR an alteration of original characteristics – example “Long-necked Zebra”

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3. Transformation: the act of an object changing – example “Cane morphing into a snake”

4. Personification : giving an animal or inanimate object human characteristics – example ”The trees danced in the wind”

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Return to cover page!

Draw an art material – scissors, pencil, glue stick, etc. on the cover in a SURREALISM STYLE!

Title the book,

“SURREALISM”!

SURREALISM ART HISTORY BOOKLET