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SURREALISMWhat is the Significance?Artist reprsentedWhy was it created.(influences)What are the characteristics?How was it made?DadaJean ArpMarcel DuchampIntended to cast discredit oncreative activity. Sought toeliminate all forms of reason andlogic due to the atrocityies casuedby WWI (Nonsensical)Meant to criticize conventionalideas by utilizing pre-fabricatedsupplies and altering slightly inorder to obtain a differentpoint of view.Chance - Collage; dropping paperrandomly and gluing where they fell.Readymades: recognizable objectsaltered to be seen differently.sSurrealismImprovised ArtJoan MiroMax ErnstInfluenced by Andra Breton(1920’s) and his automaticwriting.Expressed thoughts of thesubconscious mind.Highly symbolic shapes.Imagery world of abstract amoebicshapesand squiggles.Thick paint, collage and scrappingNon representationalAutomatic paintingUse of Frontagge and grattageand collage techniques.SurrealismDream AnalysisDaliDe ChircoMagritteKahloExpressed the thoughts of thesubconscious mind.Influenced by Sigmund FreudThey wanted to create strangeimages in order to startle viewersinto a new way of thinking aboutthe world.They saw beauty in the mostbizarre combinations of things.Highly realistic style, juxtaposed inan incongrous settings.

SURREALISMWhat is the Significance?ArtistName ofArtworkDiscriptivePhraseWhy did the artist make art?How was it made?Joan MiroDutchInterior IThe Joy ofPaintingPainted from his subconsious.Used automatic style of painting.Painted flat, linear amoebic-likeshapes.Painted squiggles in a trance likestate.GiorgioDe ChiricoThe MysteryandMelancholyof a StreetMetaphysicalPainterCalled his work “metaphysical”and hoped to destablize themeaning of everyday objectsinstilling fear and uncertainty.Eerie cityscapes with empty arcades,raking light and ominous shadows.Renee’MagritteThe FalseMirrorDream VisionsHe loved painting ordinarythings in inordinary situations.He painted realistic objects inincongruous settings.He wanted to challenge theviewerSalvador DaliThePersistance ofMemoryPaintingParanoiaInfluenced by the writing ofSigmund Freud, he painted fromthe subconscious dream-likestate.Depicted irrational objects definedwith remarkable realism.Frida KahloThe TwoFridas andmany selfportraits“Wore her hearton her canvas.”She painted the pain fearsand anxiety of her life.Painted mostly self-portraits.Her style is based on indigenousfolk art and Roman Catholicdevotional images.Max ErnstSea and Sun,CelebsMother ofMadnessInduced hallucunations andpainted his psychic netherworld.Invented fonttage (collage) andgrattage (scrapping) used incollage techniques.