Mrs. Eller
ART I
Unit #5: ART HISTORY
Gather art supplies so you can be creative with
booklet design!
Sharpies, colored pencils, etc.
Be ready by folding booklet!
We will begin on
LABEL page with the word…
SURREAL
Surreal: dreamlike; characterized by fantastic
imagery and juxtapositions.
Surrealism was a cultural & artistic movement
that began in the early 1920’s.
Some artists that created works that fit in the
Surrealist movement were…
Rene Magritte
Salvador Dali
Remedios Varo
Salvador Dali
1904-1989
Spanish
The Ghost of Vermeer of
Delft Which Can Be Used
As a Table, 1934. Oil on
Panel, 24 cm x 18 cm.
Salvador Dali Museum St.
Petersburg, Florida.
Title refers to Dutch
painter, Johannes
Vermeer.
DESCRIBE: What is the
subject matter?
Swans Reflecting
Elephants, 1937. Oil on
canvas, 51 cm x 77 cm.
ANALYZE: What elements &
principles is the artist
focusing on?
MASTER
SKETCH
on PAGE
#2!
•Label with
ARTIST, TITLE
and DATE
The Persistence of
Memory, (1931).
INTERPRET: What is
happening in the artwork?
VENN
DIAGRAM
on PAGE #2
also!
The Disintegration of the
INTERPRET: What is happening in
Persistence of Memory,
the artwork? What is different?
(1952-54). 10” x 13”
What is the similar?
LABEL page with the word…
WHO?
ANDRE
BRETON
WHERE?Paris
WHY?
created a
Manifesto of
Surrealism
The aim of the movement was an attempt to
discover a super-reality by interpreting
dream and reality together – 2 conditions
that contradict one another.
Remedios Varo
1908-1963
Spanish-Mexican
Spiral
Transit,
1962.
What path
would a boat
travel to the
center of the
village in this
work?
Spiral
MASTER
SKETCH
on PAGE
#4!
•Label with
ARTIST, TITLE
and DATE
Mimesis,
1960. Oil
on
masonite.
How did the artist indicate
depth in this painting?
Linear perspective of
the floorboards.
Size – Objects in
background are
smaller than objects
in foreground.
Mimesis, 1960. Oil on masonite.
There are shadows
from a light
source.
How is Mimesis both real
and unreal?
REAL - Realistic
representation of a
3-D space.
UNREAL – Woman
is changing into
furniture.
Mimesis, 1960. Oil on masonite.
UNREAL –
Inanimate objects
are moving.
What is the ‘vehicle’? &
What is it made of?
A boat.
A coat??
What parts are of the
boat are make it work?
The rotor, wings,
and compass assist
with the journey.
Exploration of the Orinoco River,
1959.
Rene Magritte
1898-1967
Belgian
Lothar Wolleh,
Portrait of
Rene Magritte,
1967.
MASTER SKETCH
on PAGE #5!
•Label with ARTIST, TITLE and
DATE
Son of Man, (1964).
What is concealed?
Does it create mystery?
What feelings does this work
evoke in you?
CAN YOU FIND & EXPLAIN
WHY THIS IS PAINTING FITS
UNDER SURREALISM?
DESCRIBE…
ANALYZE…
and
INTERPRET…
How is it real and
surreal?
The Therapist, 1941.
Real –
Surreal –
Landscape, Bird cage in
lighting, and place of
proportion torso and
of body
head of
parts.
human.
Why are their heads draped in fabric ?
What does it
contribute to
the mood of
the work
What kind of
landscape is in
the
backgroundWhat does it
contribute to
the mood of
the work?
The Lovers, 1928.
What are some tools that these artists used to turn
an ordinary, realistic visual images into SURREALISTIC
images? LIST AND DEFINE ON PAGE #6!
1. Juxtaposition : putting things
together that do not belong
together - example “Fish in the
desert”
2. Exaggeration/Distortion: to represent
disproportionately – example “The shoes exaggerate
the size of her feet” OR an alteration of original
characteristics – example “Long-necked Zebra”
3. Transformation:
the act of an
object changing –
example “Cane
morphing into a
snake”
4. Personification : giving
an animal or inanimate
object human
characteristics – example
”The trees danced in the
wind”
Return to cover page!
Draw an art material – scissors, pencil, glue stick,
etc. on the cover in a SURREALISM STYLE!
Title the book,
“SURREALISM”!