Surrealism, the Secession, and Creating Compositions

Surrealism

Paris in 1920s

Exploring dreams

Unconsciousness

Freudian influence

Salvador Dali

Rene Magritte

Man Ray

Max Ernst

Joan Miro

ExamplesThe Meditation, Dali

Persistence of Memory, Dali

Secession

Late 19th Century; France and Vienna, Austria

Withdraw from tradition

Exploring

Decorative

Spirit of the turn of the century; art nouveau

Gustav Klimt

Egon Sheile

Max Klinger

Koloman Moser

ExamplesThe Kiss, Klimt

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer,Klimt

Hygeia (Detail from “Medicine”), Klimt

CompositionsRule of Thirds

Dividing space horizontally and vertically

Focal points at intersections

Pleasing composition

Things to remember

BalanceOrganized

Guide the viewer:Color

Figure’s posture

Movement

Line

Collage

Realism + Patterns

Imagination