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1 Exploring the Unconscious Realm of Surrealism

2 Sigmund Freud The Surrealists were deeply influenced by the recent psychoanalytic work of Sigmund Freud and Karl Jung

3 What is Surrealism? Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision. -Salvador Dali

4 Two forms of Surrealism:
Biomorphic (interested in life forms): Joan Miro Naturalistic (recognizable scenes of nightmare or dream images): Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali

5 When? After the Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, the
style of Surrealism is born.

6 Salvador Dali Galatea of the Spheres 1952 

7 De Chirico, Andromache

8 De Chirico, The Archaeologists

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10 Automatism in Art the avoidance of conscious intention in producing works of art, especially by using mechanical techniques or subconscious associations he performance of actions without conscious thought or intention

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12 Surrealism in Film Surrealist Film makers Surrealist Films

13 Surreal Assignment: Dreamscape
Must have: *one man-made structure in correct linear perspective * a foreground, middle ground, and background * evidence of atmospheric perspective *biomorphs or surreal situation *shadows, values, textures…


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