Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Surrealism Introduction

Surrealism 

Historically Prominent Surrealist Artists

Metamorphosis of Narcissus
Salvador Dalí

The Elephant Celebes
Max Ernst

Reply to Red
Yves Tanguy

Surrealism is a type of art in which the artist creates unrealistic images. In many cases, the images appear funny or humorous because they are so strange. Images can also appear dreamlike, rather than ridiculous. Surrealism began in the 1920s, created to "release the unbridled imagination of the subconscious." Surrealism mainly dominated artists who used paint or pencil as their medium, but today surrealism extends into photography (see below for surrealist photographers). 

Surrealist Photographers

The Mind's Eye
Maurice Tabard

Untitled
Man Ray

Patti Shambles


Thomas Barbey

Kylli Sparre

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