Dreams

(Surrealism)

Surrealism (Key Dates: 1920-1930)

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The Surrealist movement was founded in Paris by a small group of writers and artists who
sought to channel the unconscious as a means to unlock the power of the imagination.
Famous Surrealist Artists: Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Giorgio de Chirico, & Max Ernst.
Surrealism: (dream-like images) Movement in art and literature that flourished in the early 20th
century. Surrealism aimed at expressing imaginative dreams and visions free from conscious
rational control.
Value: refers to the lightness and darkness of a color.
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Dreams:
-a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
-an involuntary vision occurring to a person when awake.
-a vision voluntarily indulged in while awake; daydream
-an aspiration; goal; aim (Ex. A trip to Europe is his dream.)
-a wild or vain fancy or fantasy.
-something of an unreal beauty, charm, or excellence.

Dreams- Surrealism & Value

Sketchbook: Practice the value scale
and drawing your dream world.
Final Draft Requirements:
-Draw a dream world or draw a
representation of a dream youve
experienced.
-Show value in your objects and
background (shade light to dark with
pencil.)
-Create an interesting composition by
filling the foreground and background
with images related to your dream.
Write your first/last name,
grade/class period, & color table on
the back of your artwork!
Try your best! Show craftsmanship!
Clean up your work space/organize
materials and set up for the next
class period.

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The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali

The Persistence of Memory is
Salvador Dalis iconic ode to
time. The dripping clocks reflect
the inner workings of Dalis
subconscious and convey a
simple (albeit complexly
delivered) message: time as we
know it is meaningless.

The Son of Man, Rene Magritte

Rene Magritte painted The Son of
Man as a self-portrait with the hope
of conveying important messages
about the individual.
Magritte stated that Everything we
see hides another thing. We always
want to see what is hidden by what
we see. There is an interest in that
which is hidden and which the visible
does not show us. This interest can
take the form of a quite intense
feeling, a sort of conflict, one might
say, between the visible that is hidden
and the visible that is present.

The Red Tower, Giorgio de Chirico

Even though he worked as a painter
prior to Surrealisms inception, the
works of Greek painter Giorgio de
Chiricos had a great and lasting
influence on the surrealist movement.
In fact, Surrealisms most salient
proponents like Max Ernst, Salvador
Dali, Rene Magritte and Yves Tanguy
all acknowledged Chiricos impact on
their own work, particularly regarding
Chiricos use of color and composition
to reflect brooding moods.
The Red Tower was his first painting
and became one of the most iconic
surrealist paintings.

The Elephant Celebes, Max Ernst

This 1921 painting is among the
most famous of Ernsts earlier
works and heavily mimics the
style of Giorgio de Chirico.

References
Google Images: Dreams/Drawings
http://www.theartstory.org/movement-surrealism.htm
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/surrealism
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dream?s=t
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/most-iconic-surrealist-paintings