2 Point Perspective Surrealism Creating Atypical Cities What

2 Point Perspective & Surrealism Creating Atypical Cities

What does SURREALISM mean?

SURREALISM Surrealism

Surrealism Facts at a Glance: • Dreamlike—having qualities associated with surrealism • i. e. bizarre landscapes & distorted objects Summer 1573 • Started by Andre Breton in 1920 The Persistence of Memory by Dali • Main Themes: • dreams and the subconscious • symbolism • unconscious worlds

• Surrealism is an invented word "sur" means beyond or farther than, so "surreal" means to go beyond real. • Surrealism tried to meld the conscious and the unconscious, the world of dreams and fantasy along with reality so that the line between these ideas was completely blurred. • wanted to shock their viewers with the unexpected and make people think in new ways.

Surrealist Artists: • • Max Ernst Salvador Dali Rene Magritte Jean Arp Joan Miro Man Ray M. C. Escher

Surrealistic Techniques “How to make the ordinary look extraordinary” • • • Scale Levitation Juxtaposition Dislocation Transparency Transformation

SCALE Changing an object’s scale, or relative size. We talk about this in relation to other objects.

SCALE

LEVITATION Floating objects that don’t normally float

LEVITATION

JUXTAPOSITION Joining two images together in impossible combinations

DISLOCATION Taking an object from its usual environment and placing it in an unfamiliar one

DISLOCATION

TRANSPARENCY Making objects see through that are not usually able to be seen through.

TRANSPARENCY

TRANSFORMATION Changing objects in unusual way

TRANSFORMATION

Girogio de Chirco Facts at a Glance: Lives: 1888 -1978 Nationality: Italian Art Media: Painting Art Movement: presurrealist/Surrealism Legacy: strongly influenced the surrealist movement The Archaeologists (detail), 1968, Oil on canvas

The Disquieting Muses by Giorgio de Chirico. Oil on canvas, 1947, University of Iowa Museum of Art. Doppio Sogno di Primavera (The Double Dream of Spring) 1915, oil on canvas, 57 x 54 cm

René Magritte Facts at a Glance: Lived: 1898 -1967 Nationality: Belgian Art Media: Painter Movement: Surrealism Most Notable: know for witty and thought -provoking imagery La Durée poignardée (Time Transfixed) 1938, Art Institute of Chicago

Salvador Dalí Facts at a Glance: Lived: 1904 -1989 Nationality: Spanish Art Media: Painting, Drawing, Photography, Sculpture, Writing, Film Training: San Fernando School of Fine Arts, Madrid Movement: Cubism, Dada, Surrealism Destino a film by Dalí & Walt Disney The Skull of Zurbaran 1956

Vladimir Kush “His paintings have something of a visionary mystical quality and many of them feature recurrent themes like butterflies, sailing ships, fruits and other natural forms, and visions within cloud formations. ” “Kush calls his work metaphorical realism. ”

Vladimir Kush How are perspective and surrealism related in this work? What feelings or emotions does this work evoke? Why do you think the artist combined these elements? Artist Website

Jacek Yerka Interesting Fact— pressured by professors to study realism and did not object Subject Matter: -odd beasts -whimsical landscapes incorporating extraordinary architecture -imagery gleamed from his childhood, such as his grandmothers kitchen Artist Website

His bright, sharpfocused acrylics make outside in, up down, and near far. Walls and doors exchange places with trees and sky. Cities float and blow away as they age. Sea and sand change roles, household objects become towns, buildings become land, land becomes animals, animals become mountains and islands. Hidden worlds wait around every corner and magic seeps through every door.

THINK…. Dreams…. • Have you ever dreamt about a person or place, but in your dream they looked different? • Have you ever dreamt you were floating? • Were you huge? Were you tiny? • Have you ever dreamt you could fly, swim underwater, walk on the moon…

Project Guidelines • • Create a surrealist fantasy city Bring in one object to sketch and add to your city Have references for your city this could be: real estate pictures from the newspaper, buildings in magazines, architect books, or construction photos (I will be providing some of these but feel free to bring things in!) Can be indoor outdoor

Project Guidelines • • • Sketch out 4 ideas on how to create your project Create a surrealist fantasy city using twopoint perspective! (use methods like scale, levitation, juxtaposition, dislocation, transparency, transformation) Sketch out in pencil first. Add forms and details to create your city. Paint with watercolor to finish your city.

Examples

Examples

Student Examples

Resources • • • surrealist website atypical cities Examples Vladimir Kush Powerpoint courtesy of Jamie Banzhoff