Surrealism
- Deals with another kind of reality.
- Surrealists believed that the reality of dreams was superior to that of waking reality.
- Influenced by the theories of Sigmund Freud.
- Surrealism followed the death of Dadaism
- One branch included automatic writing & painting.
---- Automatic writing – a person would write what as in their mind without trying to
define it.
---- Automatic painting – accidental blots , textures and signs , etc. elements by
chance by dadaism.
- Second Surrealist Manifesto defined Surrealism as “ the state of mind where there is
no difference between the past and presents , life & death , high & low , real &
unreal”.
- Revolt against society , tradition and even God
- Surrealists styles were vastly different.
Salvador Dali
Background Details
- Influenced by French & Italian Art. & by the works of De Chirico , Carra and by the
writings of Sigmund Freud.
- 1929 moved to Paris & joined the Surrealists
- Born Barcelona
- “ Beauty should be edible or not at all”
Subject Matter
- War
- The landscape
- His wife Gala
- Still Life
- Space time
- His primary images as those of decay , blood and excrement
Techniques and Medium
- His colour was derived from that of tinted photographs
- Meticulous techniques
- Elaborate technique
- Films
- Deals with another kind of reality.
- Surrealists believed that the reality of dreams was superior to that of waking reality.
- Influenced by the theories of Sigmund Freud.
- Surrealism followed the death of Dadaism
- One branch included automatic writing & painting.
---- Automatic writing – a person would write what as in their mind without trying to
define it.
---- Automatic painting – accidental blots , textures and signs , etc. elements by
chance by dadaism.
- Second Surrealist Manifesto defined Surrealism as “ the state of mind where there is
no difference between the past and presents , life & death , high & low , real &
unreal”.
- Revolt against society , tradition and even God
- Surrealists styles were vastly different.
Salvador Dali
Background Details
- Influenced by French & Italian Art. & by the works of De Chirico , Carra and by the
writings of Sigmund Freud.
- 1929 moved to Paris & joined the Surrealists
- Born Barcelona
- “ Beauty should be edible or not at all”
Subject Matter
- War
- The landscape
- His wife Gala
- Still Life
- Space time
- His primary images as those of decay , blood and excrement
Techniques and Medium
- His colour was derived from that of tinted photographs
- Meticulous techniques
- Elaborate technique
- Films
