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I had the strangest dream last night…. I had the strangest dream last night…. Salvador Dali, Giraffe on Fire. Rene Magritte, Boot Feet. Surrealism. Artists combine normally unrelated objects and situations Scenes are often dreamlike or in unnatural settings
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I had the strangest dream last night… Salvador Dali, Giraffe on Fire Rene Magritte, Boot Feet
Surrealism • Artists combine normally unrelated objects and situations • Scenes are often dreamlike or in unnatural settings • Surrealists base most of their work on DREAMS
Salvador Dali • Painted memories of dreams and fantasies
Lobster Phone 'The surrealist object - one that is absolutely useless from the practical and rational point of view’
Giorgio de Chirico • Produced series of disturbing cityscapes • Mysterious imagery • Hidden reality thru strange juxtapositions
Dark shadows • Mysterious figures • Haunting dream world
Produces feeling of loneliness and despair • Unexplainable shadow = impending doom
Ariadne, 1913 • Unreal dreamlike scenario • Allusions to ancient and modern world • Overall effect: anxiety, loneliness and abandonment
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