Man Ray: his image is of a woman’s face. You can only see
from her eyes to the bottom of her nose. It looks as if there are tears, three
on each cheek, but they are perfectly round and symmetrical on each side of the
face.
René Magritte:
there is a man standing by a brick wall about waist high. Behind the wall there
looks to be an ocean. The man is in a suit and tie he also is wearing a hat.
And in front of his face is an apple.
Salvador Dalí: There are two elephants face to face. The
legs on the elephants are almost skeletal looking very thin and very long. The
elephants legs make them around 20 stories high. On the elephants there are
pyramid shaped objects floating a few feet from their backs. In between them
are two people also standing face to face. Behind is a somewhat flat background
with a few hills.
The surrealist movement started around the 1920s with the
end of WWI
Most artists from Europe
Surrealist movement occurred after ww1 a way of coping with
the destruction
I think it is important for artists to provide this kind of
imagery for a few reasons. First I think it’s a good way to get people thinking
and in today’s world I think this would help. Second it’s a good way to get
ideas out. Ideas that might not be popular or that might not be fully expressed
using words.
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