How Did Salvador Dali Contribute To Surrealism?

INTRODUCTION The topic of the unconscious mind is one that is very relevant to the surrealist movement. Arguably the most famous surrealist artist, Salvador Dali, was famous for his depictions of dreams and freudian theories. Rene Magritte, also a very famous surrealist artist, is also thought to be influenced by such theories, especially when it comes to the repression of childhood memories. Because of this, these two artists are perfect examples to question the extent of this psychological influence

In 1969, Salvador Dali, a surrealist painter and admirer of Sigmund Freud, appropriated John Tenniel’s illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Often expressing the capacity of dreams and imagination, Dali and Carroll become linked together as the center of surrealist concerns. Both men create a world where logic and reality get twisted creating an alternative universe. Dali’s expression of Alice, in a realm of unconscious, brings forward the idea of Freudian understanding. Dali’s

personal knowledge corresponds to “I know”, while shared knowledge corresponds to “we know”. In this way, shared knowledge can shape personal knowledge, but in the same way, personal knowledge can influence shared knowledge. This led me to inquire: How do art and science influence our personal and shared knowledge belief systems? Personal knowledge is composed of a person’s own experiences and beliefs, and since this type of knowledge depends crucially on the experiences of the individual, it is not

work. Much of his work takes everyday, normal objects that have been rearranged, forcing the viewer to look deeper and search beyond what is in front of them to see what the image truly represented. In the 1934 edition of André Breton’s What is Surrealism? a drawing by René Magritte called Le Viol was featured. This drawing eventually became a painting of a woman’s head whose eyes have been replaced by breasts and mouth has become a vagina. Magritte suggests extraordinary ideas with ordinary imagery

Roberto Matta was an artist who employed the style of surrealism. He was born in Santiago, Chile in 1911, where he spent his adolescent years. Matta attended a Jesuit university where he studied architecture and interior design. After graduating from the program in 1935 he fed his need to experience other cultures by embarking on an expedition that encompassed many countries and continents. He first stayed only in Central and South America, but soon decided that he wanted to go further ("Matta:

AS91487 3.6 Examine the different values placed on art works Mona Lisa – Leonardo Da Vinci 1506 - The Mona Lisa, 1503 - 1506, painted on poplar wood (77 x 53cm) with oil paint. This composition was created by Leonardo Da Vinci, a Quattrocento artist of the Italian Renaissance between the years of 1503 - 1506. The Mona Lisa is unquestionably acclaimed, with great artistic merit and value, to be the most highly revered, renowned painting. This form of art is a portrait, in which Leonardo Da Vinci