Surrealism

Time to choose an Art Movement... I was going through the list of art movement in Wikipedia and there I came across Surrealism.. The images that was displayed under this interesting art movement blew my mind away.... 

Surrealism was an artistic and literary movement, dedicated to expressing the imagination as revealed in dreams, free of the conscious control of reason and convention. Surrealism inherited as an anti-rationalist sensibility from Dada movement, and was shaped by emerging theories on our perception of reality, especially Sigmund Freud's model of the subconscious. Surrealism is a cultural movement and artistic style that was founded in 1924 by Andre’ Breton. The aim of Surrealism was to reveal the unconscious mind and reconcile it with rational life. Surrealism also aimed at social and political revolution and for a time was affiliated to the Communist party. There was no single style of Surrealist art but two broad types can be seen. Surrealism has had a huge influence on new generation by its art, literature and the cinema as well as on social attitudes and behavior. These are the early dream-like work of Salvador Dali, and Rene Magritte, and the later free form or automatisic work by artist such as Max Ernst and Joan Miro. 

Reference Artist

Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali I Domenech

Salvador Dalí photographed by Carl Van Vechten on November 29, 1939

Salvador Dali was born as the son of a prestigious notary in the small town of Figueras in Northern Spain. His talent as an artist showed at an early age and Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali received his first drawing lessons when he was ten years old. 

Salvador Dali 
Moment of Explosion

Elements of design

Line: Straight and curved,  symbolizes the often vague boundaries of matter and perception.

Tone: Mysterious, represents surreal situations that we might face in real life

Color: Monochromatic, therefore often interpreted as a dreamscape

Texture: Smooth and streamlined

Movement: Fluid but almost slow

Balance: Despite being so surreal, it has a traditional sense of balance

Symmetry: It is not completely symmetrical.

René Magritte (1898-1967)

The son of man (1964)

Birth of the new man
Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali

Max Ernst (1891-1967)

The Fireside Angel (1937)