1. Surrealism Started in the 1920’s a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or irrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects. Surrealism which implies going beyond realism, deliberately courted the bizarre and the irrational to express buried truths unreachable by logic. Was developed from the Dada era

2. Rene Magritte 1898-1967 Painted disturbing illogical images with startling clarity Began as a commercial artist designing wall paper and fashion ads Used this mastery of realism to defy logic The False Mirror Rene Magritte, 1928 http://www.moma.org/collection_images/re sized/017/w500h420/CRI_151017.jpg

3. Salvador Dali 1904-1989 Terrified of insects, crossing streets, trains, boats, airplanes, and buying shoes because of the fear of taking off his shoes in public. Placed a canvas beside his bed, and painted what he called “hand-painted dream photographs” when he awoke Represented his hallucinations with detailed realism Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory 1931 http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qsSkaXuuUE8/T T6hVjcL9I/AAAAAAAAAD4/1JnIshd9pCw/s1 600/the_persistence_of_memory__1931_s alvador_dali.jpg

4. Joan Miro 1893-1983 Moved his brush drawing squiggles in a trancelike state, or he slapped his paint on the canvas Invented unique biomorphic signs for natural objects like the sun, moon, and animals Later these were simplified to shorthanded pictograms of geometric shapes and amoeba-like blobs Joan Miro Dutch Interior II, 1920 http://www.angel-art- house.com/upload/ProductImg/Miro- 18%20Dutch%20Interior%20II,%201928.jpg

5. Giorgio De Chirico 1888-1978 Known for his eerie cityscapes with empty arcades, raking light, and ominous shadows Painting nightmare fantasies 15 years before surrealism existed Giorgio De Chirico The mystery and melancholy of a street 1914 http://www.wadsworth.com/art_d/templa tes/student_resources/0534613624_fichn er/study_guide/images/ch19/chirico_mela ncholy.jpg

6. Pop Art By: Maria Ethier Pop Art was set in the late 1950’s Pop Art movement used advertising to express popular culture. Some artists working in this style were Robert Rauschenberg,Jasper John, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. Pop Art became the most popular form of art of this era. Collectors and everyday people wanted to had to have it

7. Jasper Johns 1950 to the mid-1980’s His art represented everyday objects in very abstract ways. He began putting real objects onto a canvas in 1961 The 3 Flags in one of the many ways Johns showed his emotion and interest through his paintings. Jasper Johns “Three Flags” 1958 http://www.friendsofart.net

8. Roy Lichtenstein 1962 -1997. Comic Strip Imagery. Very bright colors and in your face subject matter. He painted war comics and Romance melodramas. www.lichtensteinfoundation.org www.lichtensteinfoundation.org “Girl with Hair Ribbon” 1965

9. WHAAM! http://www.comicsgrid.comhttp://www.comicsgrid.com “Whaam! 1963”

10. Andy Warhol 1949-1987 Leading figure in Pop Art. Endless repeating images. His art was depersonalized and repetitive. Set up a workshop and used apprentices to mass-produce is work www.fab.comwww.fab.com “100 Cans of Campbell’s Soup” 1962

11. www.sparklette.netwww.sparklette.net “Marilyn Monroe” 1960’s