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Surrealism Art Movement PLEASE BE SURE TO TURN UP YOUR VOLUME.

Explore the surrealism art movement of the 1920s-1940s and its enduring influence on contemporary art. Learn how artists expressed thoughts, broke free from norms, and created dream-like worlds. Delve into the influences of surrealism, including reactions to World War I, and key figures like Breton, Freud, and surrealists Dali, Magritte, and Escher. Immerse yourself in the fantastical artworks and rich history of this avant-garde movement.

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Surrealism Art Movement PLEASE BE SURE TO TURN UP YOUR VOLUME.

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  1. Surrealism Art Movement PLEASE BE SURE TO TURN UP YOUR VOLUME. TO PLAY PRESENTATION: GO TO SLIDE SHOW > VIEW SLIDE SHOW

  2. Surrealism Art Movement 1920’s-1940’s (still present in today’s art) • Express verbally, in writing or visually the true process of thought • Free artists from normal associations • Create from their subconscious mind and vision • Surrealism developed in two directions • Pure fantasy • The elaborate reconstruction of a dream-world Check out this Website for more about Surrealism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealism

  3. Influences of the Surrealist Movement • Surrealism was prompted by World War I • Artists reacted to the • social problems risen from the devastation • Artist spoke out in poetry and art • Surrealism ridiculed • contemporary culture and • traditional art forms • The movement spread all • over the world and flourished in America during • World War II -(1939-1945) Check out this Website for more about World War I http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/

  4. André Breton French writer, poet and surrealist theorist Leader of the surrealist movement 1896-1966 Check out this Website for more about Breton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Breton

  5. Sigmund Freud Austrian Neurologist and psychiatrist Founded the school of psychology 1856 - 1939 Father of psychoanalysis Check out this Website for more about Freud http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud

  6. Rene Magritte MC Escher Salvador Dali SURREALIST ARTISTS

  7. Salvador Dali 1904-1989 SPANISH Check out this Website and video on Dali www.dali.com

  8. Apparition of a Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach

  9. Rene Magritte 1898-1967 BELGIAN Check out this Website for more about Magritte http://www.magritte.com/

  10. Les Valeurs Personnelles (Personal Belongings)

  11. MC Escher 1898-1972 DUTCH Check out this Website for more about Escher http://www.mcescher.com/

  12. Waterfall

  13. View video of Escher’s waterfall

  14. Surrealism Art Movement

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