Leonor Fini:
This painting has several different creatures within it. He uses the body shape of a rooster,
but includes the textures and patterns that you would find in a dragon or
lizard. He uses a shrimp for the tale.
By adding a human head to the creature, he kind of makes it
personal. The painting makes you
think about what Joseph Fini was thinking.
Louise
Bourgeois: This painting takes your mind for a trip with the contrasting
colors. The boots on top of the
stilts in the water make you wonder what point he was trying to make. Was he trying to show walking on water?
Or, perhaps he could be trying to show garbage or people to stranded in the
middle of no where.
Joseph
Cornell: This beautiful painting looks like it could take place in two different
places: space and the ocean. The
small, white dots look like stars, but the sea looking creatures brings you
back to the ocean. The woman
mermaid thing looks completely at peace, even though it is dark and scary
looking around her. The colors
help make a point. Her pink dress
just makes her look happier and more at peace. The dark monsters with the red in their mouth make them look
that much more threatening and dangerous.
When: The
surrealist movement began in the late 1910’s and 20’s during WWI
Why: The
surrealist movement began as literary art and eventually developed into
different forms of art. It was
created to unleash the imagination of the mind and express the what ifs of the
world. Many of the ideas came from
Sigmun Freud and his thoughts of the subconscious.
Where: Many of the first surrealist artists
were from Europe. Some came from
America, but many were French.
Surrealism has
opened up many people imagination.
It has spread though our literature and televisions. It’s what makes so many thing intreging
to us. We cant help but wonder
what would happen if this happened or that happened. What if we turned an innocent doll into a murdering creature. It opens our minds to the endless
possibilities. It’s what made us
begin to create things instead of just living with the way things are.
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