4/18/06motter 1 surrealism unit presentation featuring the life and work of surrealist artists
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4/18/06 Motter 1
SURREALISM UNIT PRESENTATION
Featuring the life and work of surrealist artists.
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One of the most famous artists of the surrealist movement.View a video clip of Dali’s life and work
Listen to audio clips from Dali interviews
http://www.daligallery.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/dalis1.shtml
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The Artist…
Artist of the 20th century An eccentric and exhibitionist Spanish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and
designer Phases of Cubism, Futurism, and Metaphysical
painting Joined the Surrealists in 1929
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“Critical Paranoia”
Dali’s positive theory One should create their
own illusions Control of reason and will
suspended Should be used in
everyday affairs
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Paintings
Reoccurring images Unreal “dream” space
present Hallucinatory characters
of the imagination “Hand-painted dream
photographs”
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www. Surrealism.org/margitte.html
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The Artist and his work…
Artist during the second half on 20th century Philosophical and poetic content Intellectual and social trends of the time Simplicity in his paintings is misleading The world is a sufficient source of mystery. Images reflect mystery of the visible world
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“Precociousness”
Magritte’s theory State before and during
waking up Played an important role
in his work Hallucinations occurred
while Magritte was awake.
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His work’s meaning..
Visual thinking Provides clues to mental
process involved Cannot be solved like a
puzzle
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Q&A on Dali and Magritte
• True or False Dali was an eccentric?
• What was Dali’s theory called?
• What year did Dali join the surrealists?
• What was Magritte’s theory called?
• What types of content did his work contain?
• Where did Magritte draw his images from?
True
Critical Paranoia
1929
Precociousness
Philosophical and poetic
The real-world and dreams
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Student Surrealistic Environment Project Examples
e.g. A+
e.g. B+ e.g.
C- e.g. D-