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Surrealism Art Movement PLEASE BE SURE TO TURN UP YOUR VOLUME. TO PLAY PRESENTATION: GO TO SLIDE SHOW > VIEW SLIDE SHOW. Surrealism Art Movement. 1920’s-1940’s (still present in today’s art). Express verbally, in writing or visually the true process of thought.
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Surrealism Art Movement PLEASE BE SURE TO TURN UP YOUR VOLUME. TO PLAY PRESENTATION: GO TO SLIDE SHOW > VIEW SLIDE SHOW
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
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/
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
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
Rene Magritte MC Escher Salvador Dali SURREALIST ARTISTS
Salvador Dali 1904-1989 SPANISH Check out this Website and video on Dali www.dali.com
Rene Magritte 1898-1967 BELGIAN Check out this Website for more about Magritte http://www.magritte.com/
Les Valeurs Personnelles (Personal Belongings)
MC Escher 1898-1972 DUTCH Check out this Website for more about Escher http://www.mcescher.com/