ARTS 150 1st Edition Lecture 27 Outline of Current Lecture I American Art between 1940 50s Current Lecture Movement Developments o WWII o European Surrealism o Bridge to Abstract Expression Hans Hoffman and Arsaile Garky o Abstract Expression started in US Surrealism coined by Andre Breton and Elvard defining philosophy of realism o Manifesto of Surrealism 1924 what surrealism is and what looking beyond reality entails Idea of a dream that transcends reality Based on the belief in the superior reality in the omnipotent dream o Breton was student of Freud 2nd Surrealist Manifesto 1930 How to breach between reality and beyond o Dali The Persistence of Memory Denial of traditional concepts Inspired by 15th cent Flemish art Condition of softness Pictorial metaphors Emphasized hard and soft Referred to cheese when portraying the clocks o Breton Tristan Tzara Valentine Hugo Exquiste Corpse 1929 o Andre Masson Battle of Fishes 1926 Freely applied paint gesso to areas of canvas and added sand Make forms of art portraying irrational forms Masson was physically emotionally harmed from WWI effecting his worl Techniques and Sources of Surrealism o Memory o Dreams o Psychoanalysis Freud o Automatism Sigmund Freud artists used his images of the unconscious o The Interpretation of Dreams 1905 o The Ego and the Id 1923 These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o The Outline of Psycho analysis 1940 Max Ernst 2Children Threatened by a Nightingale 1924 o Based on collage technique o Speaks in 3rd person Ernst The Horde 1927 o 3 monster figures Joan Miro Constellations o Incorporated many shapes and colors o Works with gouache o Emphasized concept of transformation o Metaphorical statement on stars planets and life Displayed in US gallery and expanded US to surrealism
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