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Surrealism

Published on Nov 18, 2015

A QUICK AND DIRTY BREAKDOWN OF SURREALISM WITH A FOCUS ON SALVADOR DALI

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SURREALISM

IS AN ARTISTIC STYLE THAT USES PECULIAR JUXTAPOSITIONS...
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...TO TRIGGER UNEXPECTED OR IRRATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.

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PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT IS CONSIDERED "REAL."

SURREALISM ASKS FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS ABOUT REALITY BY

RENE MAGRITTE

THIS IS NOT A PIPE.
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QUESTION

HOW DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS REAL?
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BY TOUCH?

SIGHT? SMELL? HEAR? TASTE?

SALVADOR DALI

THE MAN WHO PAINTED DREAMS
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STRANGE AND STRANGER

SALVADOR DALI WAS BY NO MEANS A CONVENTIONAL MAN.
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...AT FOURTEEN!

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HE WAS EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL

BECAUSE HE CLAIMED HE KNEW MORE THAN THE TEACHER.
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GRASSHOPPERS...

HE WAS DEATHLY AFRAID OF
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HE PAINTED THEM TO OVERCOME HIS FEAR.

HE HATED BEANS.

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"LOGARITHMIC CURVE"

HE DROVE AROUND PARIS WITH HIS CAR FULL OF CAULIFLOWER.
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EXTRAVAGANT

HE USUALLY WORE A SUIT, TURBAN, CAPE, AND CARRIED A WALKING STICK.
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DIVING HELMET

NEARLY SUFFOCATED WHILE GIVING A LECTURE IN A

HE HAD A MUSTACHE...

WHICH BECAME HIS TRADEMARK.

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THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND.

HE PAINTED HIS DREAMS AND TAPPED INTO

UPSIDE DOWN

HE WOULD STAND ON HIS HEAD UNTIL HE BEGAN TO SEE THINGS.

“IT’S IN THE SYMBOLS”