1. I had the strangest dream last night…

2. Salvador Dali, Giraffe on FireRene Magritte, Boot Feet

3. Surrealism Artists combine normally unrelated objects and situations Scenes are often dreamlike or in unnatural settings Surrealists base most of their work on DREAMS

5. Salvador Dali Painted memories of dreams and fantasies

7. The Persistence of Memory, 1931

8. He said the idea came to him while eating cheese

9. Ants, a common theme in Dali's work, represent decay

11. Lobster Phone 'The surrealist object - one that is absolutely useless from the practical and rational point of view’

12. Swans

19. Giorgio de Chirico Produced series of disturbing cityscapes Mysterious imagery Hidden reality thru strange juxtapositions

20. The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street, 1914

21. Dark shadows Mysterious figures Haunting dream world

22. Produces feeling of loneliness and despair Unexplainable shadow = impending doom

24. Ariadne, 1913 Unreal dreamlike scenario Allusions to ancient and modern world Overall effect: anxiety, loneliness and abandonment

25. Head/ Neck Upper Body Stomach/ Waist Legs/ Feet THE EXQUISITE CORPSE