Test Your Knowledge: Surrealism Vocab and Magritte

Rene Magritte was born and lived where nearly all of his life?

• New York, USA

• Brussels, Belgium

• London, United Kingdom

• Barcelona, Spain

One of the biggest events in Magritte's life that would shape the way he looked at the world was:

• His father dying in World War I.

• Being sent to live away from his family when he was just a toddler.

• The drowning of his mother when he was still quite young.

• Creating his first painting at the age of 12 and becoming instantly famous.

Which is true about the Surrealism movement in Art? (mark all that are true.)

• It was mostly about feelings, memories, and dreams.

• It was about things that looked real, but impossible.

• It came about in the late 1920's, after World War I.

• it was painted in an abstract way and showed images of things that were not recognizable.

Who is the person we see in many of Magritte's paintings?

• His mother

• His friend, Salvador Dali

• His father, the merchent

• Rene Magritte himself

The definition of (a)   as a technique in surrealism is: Changing an object's relative size to its surroundings in an unexpected way.

The definition of (a)   as a technique in surrealism is: Objects appearing to float or defy gravity.

The definition of (a)   as a technique in surrealism is: Placing two objects together or joining them in an impossible or unexpected combination to emphasize their differences.

The definition of (a)   as a technique in surrealism is: Taking an object out of its normal environment and placing it somewhere unexpected.

The definition of (a)   as a technique in surrealism is: Giving the appearance that you can look through an object or that it is invisible.

The definition of (a)   as a technique in surrealism is: an object changing its shape, appearance or physical properties.