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Surrealism in Portraits. All of the images used in this presentation must be linked to online. What does this portrait represent or symbolise?. Salvador Dali- “The Face of War”. Click here to view portrait. What does this picture make you feel?. Salvador Dali - “The Burning Giraffe”.
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Surrealism in Portraits All of the images used in this presentation must be linked to online
What does this portrait represent or symbolise? Salvador Dali- “The Face of War” Click here to view portrait
What does this picture make you feel? Salvador Dali- “The Burning Giraffe” Click here to view portrait Did you notice the giraffe before reading the title?
Why is there an apple on the gentleman’s face? Magritte - “The Son of Man” Click here to view portrait
Is this the same person or three different people? What class of people do they represent? Magritte- “Mysteries of the Horizon” Click here to view portrait
What time of day do you think it is? What makes you think that? How many figures can you see? “The Disquieting Muse”- De Chirico Click here to view portrait
Is this a still life or a portrait? Magritte- “The Portrait” Click here to view portrait
Look at this picture for 10 seconds. Try to remember all the things in the picture and describe them in as much detail as possible. Dali- “Dream caused by the flight of….” Click here to view portrait
The figure appears to be floating. Do you think that she is in the air or sea? Dali- “The Madonna of Port Lligat” Click here to view portrait
The pictures you have just looked at are by Surrealist artists They belong to the art movement called Surrealism which began in the 1920’s Through their art they displayed their weird and wonderful imagination Ideas were heavily influenced by the subconscious mind- dreams and nightmares Many of the artists used photo’ realistic details They often used the juxtaposition of unrelated objects and backgrounds