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

3. Starry Night Vincent van Gogh
Post-Impressionism: : 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

4. Pittura Metafisica: Metaphysical Art
Giorgio de Chirico
Pittura Metafisica: Metaphysical Art

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

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

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

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

10. 6-Word Memoir Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961) Challenge: Write a story
in 6 words.
“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

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