1. Bless Me, Ultima Fantasy and Realism in Painting

2. Salvador Dali “The Persistence of Memory”

3. Rene Magritte “Golconda”

4. Rene Magritte “Empire of Light”

5. Vincent VanGogh “Starry Night”

6. Marc Chagall “Peasant Life”

7. Marc Chagall “The Birthday”

8. Marc Chagall “I and the Village”

9. 1. What recognizable elements (realism) do you find in the painting? Are they difficult to identify? Why or why not? What fantasy elements are in the painting. What quality do the add to the image?

10. 3. How does the artist create fantasy: using imaginary creatures, distorting real objects, changing colors or shapes, using illogical or unreal backgrounds, making 3-D objects 2-D, creating figures or forms within other figures or forms, turning objects upside down, making pleasant or non-threatening objects seem scary, changing proportions? Are there any other methods?

11. 4. What do you think the artist is trying to say in the painting? 5. Why are both realism and fantasy necessary to make the point the artist was trying to make? 6. How can this apply to literature?