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Metaphysical Art & de Chirico

Metaphysical Art & de Chirico. Timeline Post-Impressionism  Metaphysical Art  Surrealism. Starry Night Vincent van Gogh. Post-Impressionism: 1886-1905: Mainly in France Reaction to / rejection of Impressionist naturalistic style of depicting light and color

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Metaphysical Art & de Chirico

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  1. Metaphysical Art & de Chirico • Timeline • Post-Impressionism  Metaphysical Art  Surrealism

  2. Starry Night Vincent van Gogh • Post-Impressionism: 1886-1905: Mainly in France • Reaction to / rejection of Impressionist naturalistic style of depicting light and color • Focus more on abstract qualities and symbolic content • Other Artists: Cezanne, Seurat, Gaugin • Following Movements: Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism

  3. Giorgio de Chirico 1888-1978 Pittura Metafisica: Metaphysical Art

  4. Pittura Metafisica: Metaphysical Art • Before and during World War I • Recognizable Iconography • Depiction of fictive space: Illusionistic 1-Point Perspective • Inspired Surrealism

  5. Uncomfortable Style: • Spaces claustrophobic or disturbingly vast • Steeply rising floors • Little or no human presence • Juxtaposition of strange combinations of objects

  6. The Melancholy of a Beautiful Day Giorgio de Chirico 1913

  7. Surrealism: 1920’s Based on Sigmund Freud’s studies: Dreams, the Unconscious Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory 1931 Surrealism

  8. 6-Word Memoir Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961) Challenge: Write a story in 6 words. “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

  9. “Born in the desert, still thirsty.” “Told to quiet down, spoke louder.” “Unsure, but you would never know.” “Living in existential vacuum; it sucks.”

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