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I had the strangest dream last night…

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…

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  1. I had the strangest dream last night…

  2. I had the strangest dream last night… Salvador Dali, Giraffe on Fire Rene Magritte, Boot Feet

  3. Surrealism • Artists combine normally unrelated objects and situations • Scenes are often dreamlike or in unnatural settings • Surrealists base most of their work on DREAMS

  4. Salvador Dali • Painted memories of dreams and fantasies

  5. The Persistence of Memory, 1931

  6. He said the idea came to him while eating cheese

  7. Ants, a common theme in Dali's work, represent decay

  8. Lobster Phone 'The surrealist object - one that is absolutely useless from the practical and rational point of view’

  9. Swans

  10. Giorgio de Chirico • Produced series of disturbing cityscapes • Mysterious imagery • Hidden reality thru strange juxtapositions

  11. The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street,1914

  12. Dark shadows • Mysterious figures • Haunting dream world

  13. Produces feeling of loneliness and despair • Unexplainable shadow = impending doom

  14. Ariadne, 1913 • Unreal dreamlike scenario • Allusions to ancient and modern world • Overall effect: anxiety, loneliness and abandonment

  15. THE EXQUISITE CORPSE Head/Neck Upper Body Stomach/Waist Legs/Feet

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