SURREALIASM

Modernism Early 20th Century (1900s-1950s)

What are some characteristics?

What are some characteristics?

Movement that began in the 1920s created out of ideas that arose from Freuds
psychoanalysis and Carl Jungs collective unconscious

SIGMUND FREUD PSYCHOANALYSIs

SIGMUND FREUD PSYCHOANALYSIs

Believed that everyone had a conscious and
subconscious mind.

SIGMUND FREUD PSYCHOANALYSIs

Believed that everyone had a conscious and
subconscious mind.
The subconscious mind was composed of three
parts: Id, Ego, and Superego

SIGMUND FREUD PSYCHOANALYSIs

Believed that everyone had a conscious and
subconscious mind.
The subconscious mind was composed of three
parts: Id, Ego, and Superego
ID = human animalistic tendencies (instincts, desires)

SIGMUND FREUD PSYCHOANALYSIs

Believed that everyone had a conscious and
subconscious mind.
The subconscious mind was composed of three
parts: Id, Ego, and Superego
ID = human animalistic tendencies (instincts, desires)
EGO = the realistic part that mediates between the desires of the Id
and the Super Ego

SIGMUND FREUD PSYCHOANALYSIs

Believed that everyone had a conscious and
subconscious mind.
The subconscious mind was composed of three
parts: Id, Ego, and Superego
ID = human animalistic tendencies (instincts, desires)
EGO = the realistic part that mediates between the desires of the Id
and the Super Ego
SUPER EGO = The moral and critical part that stops you from doing
certain things the ID may want you to do.

SIGMUND FREUD PSYCHOANALYSIs

Believed that everyone had a conscious and
subconscious mind.
The subconscious mind was composed of three
parts: Id, Ego, and Superego
ID = human animalistic tendencies (instincts, desires)
EGO = the realistic part that mediates between the desires of the Id
and the Super Ego
SUPER EGO = The moral and critical part that stops you from doing
certain things the ID may want you to do.
SUBCONCIOUS= the part of the mind that is not fully aware but
influences ones actions and feelings

CARL JUNG Collective Unconscious

CARL JUNG Collective Unconscious

Believed in the collective unconscious that is part

of the unconscious mind.

CARL JUNG Collective Unconscious

Believed in the collective unconscious that is part

of the unconscious mind.

Collective Unconscious = how our mind collects and

organizes personal experiences into representations
that are recognizable to all members of the species.

CARL JUNG Collective Unconscious

Believed in the collective unconscious that is part

of the unconscious mind.

Collective Unconscious = how our mind collects and

organizes personal experiences into representations
that are recognizable to all members of the species.
FOR EXAMPLE

CARL JUNG Collective Unconscious

Believed in the collective unconscious that is part

of the unconscious mind.

Collective Unconscious = how our mind collects and

organizes personal experiences into representations
that are recognizable to all members of the species.
FOR EXAMPLE

SUMMERIAN

CARL JUNG Collective Unconscious

Believed in the collective unconscious that is part

of the unconscious mind.

Collective Unconscious = how our mind collects and

organizes personal experiences into representations
that are recognizable to all members of the species.
FOR EXAMPLE

EGYPTIAN

CARL JUNG Collective Unconscious

Believed in the collective unconscious that is part

of the unconscious mind.

Collective Unconscious = how our mind collects and

organizes personal experiences into representations
that are recognizable to all members of the species.
FOR EXAMPLE

MESOAMERICAN

CARL JUNG Collective Unconscious

Believed in the collective unconscious that is part

of the unconscious mind.

Collective Unconscious = how our mind collects and

organizes personal experiences into representations
that are recognizable to all members of the species.
FOR EXAMPLE

CAMBODIAN

CARL JUNG Collective Unconscious

Believed in the collective unconscious that is part

of the unconscious mind.

Collective Unconscious = how our mind collects and

organizes personal experiences into representations
that are recognizable to all members of the species.
FOR EXAMPLE

INDIAN

CARL JUNG Collective Unconscious

Believed in the collective unconscious that is part

of the unconscious mind.

Collective Unconscious = how our mind collects and

organizes personal experiences into representations
that are recognizable to all members of the species.
FOR EXAMPLE

AFRICAN

What are some characteristics?

Movement that began in the 1920s created out of ideas that arose from Freuds
psychoanalysis and Carl Jungs collective unconsciousness

What are some characteristics?

Movement that began in the 1920s created out of ideas that arose from Freuds
psychoanalysis and Carl Jungs collective unconsciousness
Narrative/Subjects are open to interpretation many representing symbols,
dreams, and the subconscious mind

What are some characteristics?

Movement that began in the 1920s created out of ideas that arose from Freuds
psychoanalysis and Carl Jungs collective unconscious
Narrative/Subjects are open to interpretation many representing symbols,
dreams, and the subconscious mind

Style varies from artist to artist making it very personalized (ex: Dalis style)

What are some characteristics?

Movement that began in the 1920s created out of ideas that arose from Freuds
psychoanalysis and Carl Jungs collective unconscious
Narrative/Subjects are open to interpretation many representing symbols,
dreams, and the subconscious mind

Style varies from artist to artist making it very personalized (ex: Dalis style)
Art that tries to represent the subconscious in the physical world.

What are some characteristics?

Movement that began in the 1920s created out of ideas that arose from Freuds
psychoanalysis and Carl Jungs collective unconscious
Narrative/Subjects are open to interpretation many representing symbols,
dreams, and the subconscious mind
Style varies from artist to artist making it very personalized (ex: Dalis style)
Art that tries to represent the subconscious in the physical world.
MENTALITY: Surrealist artists believed truth was in the subconscious mind.

Ren Magritte- The Treachery of Images - 1928

Ren Magritte- The

Treachery of Images - 1928

Image of a pipe contradicts

with the text This is not a
pipe
This contradiction disrupts
everything we know of visual
arts and their interpretations
This art represents how we
(humans) cannot trust logic
and rationality.
The true meaning is that this is
not a pipe but a
representation and symbol for
a pipe. Reality: this is paint.

Rene Magritte- The Lovers- 1928

Rene Magritte- The Lovers1928

Symbolic representation of
the ID (kiss) and Super Ego
(cloth).
Subconscious mind makes
us unaware of the things
that drive us
(sexuality/desire).
Enclosed room=enclosed
mind=subconscious
Red=lust/rage=ID
blue=calm/
rationality=Super Ego
Couple with cloth=Ego

Salvador Dali Persistence of Memory - 1931

Salvador Dali Persistence of

Memory - 1931

Symbolic interpretation of
Dalis mind, dreams, and
ideologies
Melting clock= time does
not exist=fixed human
interpretation
Ants= death and rot
Table=manmade geometric
shape
Tree=organic made shape
Table vs Tree=Man vs
Nature

Salvador Dali, Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of

the New Man, 1943

Salvador Dali, Geopoliticus

Child Watching the Birth of
the New Man, 1943

Dalis interpretation/premonition of
World War II
Lots of symbolism
Egg=birth=America as growing
super power
Large Africa/ South America=
growth importance of 3rd world
countries.
hand crushing Europe=
diminishing importance of super
power
Androgynous figure=all
men/women are witness
Small shadow=all witnesses see
the current but not the future.
Child=future generations
Large shadow= future
generations will see the impact of
these decisions