SAINTANDREWSCHOOL

Surrealism                     Europe, 1924 to 1950's

Surrealism was a fascinating cultural movement, centered in Paris in the early 20th century, that was devoted to dreams and the unconscious mind, and to shaking up the status quo. Surrealism was originally a literary movement, begun by poets and writers, but a number of painters and other visual artists who joined the group produced striking images that we now associate with the term Surrealism. Among them are some of the most unusual paintings in the history of art.The Surrealist artists tried to portray images from dreams, and used jarring juxtapositions and distortions of ordinarly objects to create scenes meant to convey the seemingly irrational dream state. Their paintings were often intended to be disconcerting and disorienting. 

http://painting.answers.com/history/who-were-some-famous-surrealist-artists

 

ARTIST:

Salvador Dalí was born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain. From an early age, Dalí was encouraged to practice his art and would eventually go on to study at an academy in Madrid. In the 1920s, he went to Paris and began interacting with artists such asPicasso, Magritte and Miró, which led to Dalí's first Surrealist phase. He is perhaps best known for his 1931 painting The Persistence of Memory, showing melting clocks in a landscape setting. The rise of fascist leader Francisco Franco in Spain led to the artist's expulsion from the Surrealist movement, but that didn't stop him from painting. Dalí died in Figueres in 1989. http://www.biography.com/people/salvador-dal%C3%AD-40389

 

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About the Assignment: "Fantasy Hand"

For this assigment you will draw a "fantasy hand" by drawing your hand in a make believe place. You will need to develop an over-all theme for your "Surreal" hand. Salvador Dali painted in what we call the Surrealist style... dream-like visions where things are not what they seem... or items are put together in a totally different relationship than what we know to be real ( a surreal world) Use your imagination to create a work of art based on a theme. Use colored pencils or chalk to create shading--value gradation-- Fine point markers to create a variety of line and textural interest.

 

Materials:

9"x12" (23 x 30.5 cm) white Drawing Paper, Drawing Pencils, Erasers(optional), objects for students to hold for contour study, Ultra-Fine Point Markers ,Colored Pencils and chalk.

 

Instruction/Procedures:

http://www.incredibleart.org/lessons/high/Cecilia-handscapes.htm

1. Studying the hand very closely and complete 4 sketches of your hand on 9" x 12" paper in four different positions.

2.Continue your fantasy drawing by choosing one of your four practice drawings and re-drawing it on a new piece of 9"x12" paper. When completed add your fantasy background. 

3. Once fantasy drawing is complete--Outline with fine point markers and render with colored pencils. Be sure to show gradation of values with the colored pencil. color plan will be important.

4. Secure both your art work and essay on black pieces of paper creating a border that is consistent all the way around.

5.Type a 250 word essay describing your work and what makes it Surrealistic. Type your paper in "Arial font 14", Give your work a title, Put the title of your work at the top of your essay,  by: and your name (do not put the title on the art work)

6. Hand in your final art work, your 4 hand drawings and your essay.

7. Finally, write a 250 word description of your work, why did you choose this era, what was most difficult about completing the project, what was most enjoyable about working on the project, in what ways does your project fit into the era you chose. Type your paper in "Arial font 14", Give your work a title,

 

 

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