1 What is Surrealism 20thcentury movement in art and literature that tried to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind by using the irrational juxtaposition of strange images in dreamlike compositions ID: 621743
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1.) What is Surrealism? 20th-century movement in art and literature that tried to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, by using the irrational juxtaposition of strange images in dreamlike compositions.Slide3
Let’s break that down. 20th-century movement in art and literature that tried to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, by using the irrational juxtaposition of strange images in dreamlike compositions.What does the unconscious mind mean?Slide4
1a.) Unconscious mind….Using the imagination as the primary resourceDropping the need to recreate realityLetting your creativity do the creating, not the brainAllowing your ideas to be random and dreamlikeSlide5
Let’s break this down further.20th-century movement in art and literature that tried to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, by using the irrational juxtaposition of strange images in dreamlike compositions.What does it mean by irrational juxtaposition?Slide6
Irrational Juxtaposition…..Juxtaposition means incorporating strange objects in contexts that don’t really make sense. For example….http://
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2.) When did Surrealism take off?This began between 1910- 1920’s.Slide8
3.) What made this kick off?Surrealism in the art world actually was a result of a literary movement.This movement focused on automatic writing known as Automatism. Slide9
4.) What was automatism?Automatism tried to release the uninterrupted subconscious mind to produce something exciting and surprising. Surrealists took this idea and used it to create their surreal paintings.Slide10
5.) Who were some Surrealists?A. )Salvador DalíSlide11
5.) Who were some Surrealists?B.) Rene Magrittehttp://
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5.) Who were some Surrealists?C.) Max ErnstSlide13
5.) Who were some Surrealists?D.) Yves Tanguyhttp://
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ART CRITIQUE OF THE DAY!http://www.classtools.net/random-name-picker/68_acHh7PSlide15
Rene MagritteThe Son of ManSlide16
Salvador Dalí, Persistence of MemorySlide17
Max ErnstTwo Children Are Threatened by a NightingaleSlide18
Yves TanguyIndefinite Divisibility