Surrealism

“Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the unconscious.” – Wikipedia.com

Remedios Varo

“I do not believe that in its essence it [Surrealism] can decline since it is a sentiment inherent to man … Surrealism has contributed to art in the same way that psychoanalysis has contributed to the exploration of the subconscious.” – Remedios Varo

Salvador Dalí

Pablo Picasso

Guernica

H.R. Giger

Yoshitaka Amano

“Zelda Amano Style” by CrimsonTriforce

Bibliography• Kaplan, Janet A. Unexpected Journeys: The Art and Life of Remedios Varo.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1988.

• http://www.bluffton.edu/womenartists/ch10(20c)/varopapilla.jpg. Remedios Varo.

• http://www.inminds.co.uk/iraqnica.jpg. “IRAQNICA.”

• http://history.sandiego.edu/cdr2/WW2Pics/55010.jpg. “Guernica.” Pablo Picasso.

• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/The_Persistence_of_Memory.jpg. “The Persistence of Memory.” Salvador Dalí.

• http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/reviews/915253_20040927_screen003.jpg. Screenshot of Shadow Hearts: Covenant. Nautilus. Midway. 2004.

• http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/shadowhearts2/screens.html?page=116. Screenshot of Shadow Hearts: Covenant. Nautilus. Midway. 2004.

• http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/adventure/kingdomhearts/screens.html?page=347. Screenshot of Kingdom Hearts. Square Enix. 2002.

• http://student.fho-emden.de/~danbusem/Art-%20H.R.%20Giger-%20The%20Spell%20I.jpg. “The Spell.” H.R. Giger.

• http://www.conkerbase.de/Bilder/conker_pose2.jpg. Character art from Conker’s Bad Fur Day. Rare Ltd. 2001.