2. Surrealism Art Movement PLEASE BE SURE TO TURN UP YOUR VOLUME. TO PLAY PRESENTATION: GO TO SLIDE SHOW > VIEW SLIDE SHOW

3. 1920’s-1940’s (still present in today’s art) Surrealism Art Movement Check out this Website for more about Surrealism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealism Express verbally, in writing or visually the true process of thought Free artists from normal associations Create from their subconscious mind and vision Surrealism developed in two directions 1.Pure fantasy 2.The elaborate reconstruction of a dream-world

4. Surrealism was prompted by World War I Check out this Website for more about World War I http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/ Influences of the Surrealist Movement Artists reacted to the social problems risen from the devastation Artist spoke out in poetry and art The movement spread all over the world and flourished in America during World War II -(1939-1945) Surrealism ridiculed contemporary culture and traditional art forms

5. André Breton French writer, poet and surrealist theorist Check out this Website for more about Breton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Breton Leader of the surrealist movement 1896-1966

6. Austrian Neurologist and psychiatrist Check out this Website for more about Freud http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud 1856 - 1939 Founded the school of psychology Father of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud

7. Salvador DaliRene MagritteMC Escher SURREALIST ARTISTS

8. Check out this Website and video on Dali www.dali.com Salvador Dali 1904-1989 SPANISH

9. Apparition of a Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach

10. Rene Magritte 1898-1967 BELGIAN Check out this Website for more about Magritte http://www.magritte.com/

11. Les Valeurs Personnelles (Personal Belongings)

12. MC Escher 1898-1972 DUTCH Check out this Website for more about Escher http://www.mcescher.com/

13. Waterfall

14. View video of Escher’s waterfall

15. Surrealism Art Movement