Surrealism

This process came to be known simply as “automatism” and was a key element of Surrealist technique.

What does "key" mean?

• main

• unimportant

• new

• small

The juxtaposition ____ unrelated images means joining two or more realistic images to create a new impossible or surreal image.

• from

• with

• of

• on

Surrealism aimed to revolutionize

• Human experience

• The unknown

• The unconscious mind

• The right and wrong doing

Surrealism is the ________ , _______ or _______ of producing fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in art, literature, film or theater

• practice, perfecting, improving

• definition, meaning, art

• principles, ideals, practice

• example, product, art

why is surrealism important ( stated in the powerpoint)

• because it provides what it has ever since its inception—the opportunity to escape external structures to peer into unconscious interiors and explore what's hidden there

• because it leads to self reliance and self directedness which is an important aspect of new methodology of learning

• because it can serve as a mode of analysis examining the relationship between ownership, power and social change and thus illuminate a wider variety of social transformation than whatever is currently dominant

• because it suggests that people can experience catharsis and gain insight into their current state of mind by bringing the content of the unconscious into conscious awareness

Who captured street locations with a hallucinatory quality

• Andy Warhol

• Giorgio de Chirico,

• Yves Tanguay

• Marcel Duvhamp

Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte represent

• Cubism

• Surrealism

The most popular painting style from 1920s to the 1960s was

• Cubism

• Surrealism

They painted images and ideas from their dreams and their imagination.

• Cubism

• Surrealism

Always showed people and objects in new and unusual way

• Cubism

• Surrealism