I had the strangest dream last night…
Salvador Dali, Giraffe on FireRene 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’
Swans
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 THE EXQUISITE CORPSE