1. The realm of the unconscious Artwork by Rene Magritte
SURREALISM
The realm of the unconscious
Artwork by Rene Magritte

2. Surrealism is a 20th-century literary and artistic movement
that attempted to express the workings of the subconscious by using fantastic imagery and
the incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter.

3. Surrealism is a term that refers to a heightened sense of reality; translated from French, the term means: “over- realism”-- a vision of reality that supersedes the mundane!

4. Surrealistic Techniques - “How to make the ordinary look extraordinary”
Scale
Levitation
Juxtaposition
Dislocation
Transparency
Transformation

5. Changing an object’s scale, or relative size.

6. SCALE

7. Personal Values
SCALE

8. Floating objects that don’t normally float
LEVITATION
Floating objects that don’t normally float

9. LEVITATION

10. Golconde
LEVITATION

11. Joining two images together in impossible combinations
JUXTAPOSITION
Joining two images together in impossible combinations

12. JUXTAPOSITION

13. JUXTAPOSITION

14. DISLOCATION
Taking an object form its usual environment and placing it in an unfamiliar one

15. DISLOCATION

16. DISLOCATION

17. Making objects transparent that are not usually transparent
TRANSPARENCY
Making objects transparent that are not usually transparent

18. TRANSPARENCY

19. TRANSPARENCY

20. Changing objects in unusual way
TRANSFORMATION
Changing objects in unusual way

21. TRANSFORMATION

22. TRANSFORMATION