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
• Surrealists base most of their work on DREAMS
Salvador Dali
• Painted memories of
dreams and fantasies
The Persistence of Memory, 1931
• He said the idea came to him while eating cheese
• Ants, a common theme in Dali's work, represent decay
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
The Mystery
and Melancholy of a Street,
1914
• 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
Head/Neck
Upper Body
Stomach/Waist
Legs/Feet
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