Metaphysical Art de Chirico Timeline PostImpressionism Metaphysical Art

Metaphysical Art & de Chirico Timeline Post-Impressionism Metaphysical Art Surrealism

Starry Night Vincent van Gogh Post-Impressionism: 1886 -1905: Mainly in France -Reaction to / rejection of Impressionist naturalistic style of depicting light and color -Focus more on abstract qualities and symbolic content Other Artists: Cezanne, Seurat, Gaugin Following Movements: Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism

Giorgio de Chirico 1888 -1978 Pittura Metafisica: Metaphysical Art

Pittura Metafisica: Metaphysical Art • Before and during World War I • Recognizable Iconography • Depiction of fictive space: Illusionistic 1 -Point Perspective • Inspired Surrealism

Uncomfortable Style: • Spaces claustrophobic or disturbingly vast • Steeply rising floors • Little or no human presence • Juxtaposition of strange combinations of objects

The Melancholy of a Beautiful Day Giorgio de Chirico 1913

Surrealism: 1920’s Based on Sigmund Freud’s studies: Dreams, the Unconscious Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory 1931 Surrealism

6 -Word Memoir Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961) Challenge: Write a story in 6 words. “For sale: baby shoes, never worn. ”

“Born in the desert, still thirsty. ” “Told to quiet down, spoke louder. ” “Unsure, but you would never know. ” “Living in existential vacuum; it sucks. ”