Futurism / Dada / Surrealism Subject #5 Futurism / Dada / Surrealism Ryker Drake

Abstract Sculpting - Constantin Brancusi Born in a tiny peasant village in Romania Had a skill for carving and villagers raised money to send him to a school of crafts Interested in the art of non-Western people, African, Egyptian, Buddhist, and Cycladic Bird in Space was his way of displaying his desire for purity Sculpture Bronze 1928 Bird in Space Constantin Brancusi - 1928

Futurism Refused traditional art forms Expression modern technology dynamism Tomasso Marinetti - Italian Poet, Playwright, Professional Agitator Talked about the new world technology 1909 - He wrote the “Manifesto of Futurism” Futurism: Not looking into the past; celebrated the age of the machine

Futurism - Umberto Boccioni Artist: Umberto Boccioni - Young Italian Artist who joined the Futurism movement The City Rises - Oil on canvas 1910 - 1911 Painting shows how “Futurist painters adapted Cubism to create waves of muscular energy” (Pg 406) The City Rises Umberto Boccioni 1910 - 1911

Futurism - Umberto Boccioni Unique Forms of Continuity in Space - Sculpture Bronze 1913 A sculpture that puts the painting The City Rises in a 3D form Unique Forms of Continuity in Space Umberto Boccioni 1913

Dada Started after a war of on the ways of conventional thinking by the Dadaists Dada means nothing Dada art was anarchic and humorous but also deadly serious Dada was mainly made to frustrate and confuse audiences Dada was considered to be worthless rubbish to be discarded

Dada - Marcel Duchamp Dada artist with interesting but weird artworks Famous work - Nude Descending a Staircase Painting Oil on canvas 1912 Funny Fact: The Evening Star called the painting The Rude Descending a Staircase

Nude Descending a Staircase Marcel Duchamp 1912 The Rude Descending a Staircase The Evening Star 1913

Dada - Marcel Duchamp Marcel Duchamp’s artwork Fountain was literally thrown out of the International Exhibition of Modern Art show Had Richard Mutt written on it (a plumbing manufacturer) He called it a ‘ready made art’ He pretty much stated that any everyday object could be art

Fountain Marcel Duchamp 1917

Dada Juxtaposition: Unrelated objects that are taken out of their normal context and joined together producing a new unique object. Artwork - Gift Man Ray 1921 A use of juxtaposition Sculpture Gift Man Ray 1921

Surrealism Many Dadaists organized under the Surrealism movement Surrealism: “More real than reality” - an art of dreams and the irrational unconscious A world of fantasy and imagination Artwork - Mystery and Melancholy of a Street Giorgio de Chirico Painting Oil on canvas 1914

Mystery and Melancholy of a Street Giorgio de Chirico 1914

Surrealism - Meret Oppenheim Surrealists liked visualizing the concept of sexual impulses Artwork - Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure) or Luncheon in Fur Meret Oppenheim Sculpture 1936 Displays the meaning of thirst and sex, first humorous and then disturbing

Surrealism - Salvador Dali Salvador Dali was the greatest master of the style of realism He could make bizarre images seem believable Artwork - The Persistence of Memory Salvador Dali Oil on canvas 1938 Showcased several strange objects Irrational juxtaposition - objects are of different size and scale Meaning is too deep, even Dali doesn’t know what it is

The Persistence of Memory Salvador Dali 1931

Surrealism - Salvador Dali Artwork - Apparition of Face and Fruit-Dish on a Beach Salvador Dali Oil on canvas 1938 Picture is filled with a giant dog - not apparent His eye is a cave His body and face are a fruit bowl

Apparition of Face and Fruit-Dish on a Beach Salvador Dali 1938

Surrealism - Rene Magritte Artwork - The Treachery (or Perfidy) of Images Rene Magritte Oil on canvas 1928-1929 The words in the picture mean “this is not a pipe” Artwork - L’Empire des lumieres (The Empire of Light) 1954 Transition between day and night Very convincing artwork

The Treachery (or Perfidy) of Images Rene Magritte 1928 - 1929

L’Empire des lumieres (The Empire of Light) Rene Magritte 1954

Quiz 10 Questions

Question #1 What did Constantin Brancusi display with his artwork Bird in Space?

Question #2 What does Futurism mean?

Question #3 What does Umberto’s The City Rises painting mean?

Question #4 Fill in the blanks: Dada art was _________ and ___________ but also deadly _________.

Question #5 What is the name of this painting?

Question #6 What was written on Marcel Duchamp’s artwork Fountain, and what type of art did Duchamp call it?

Question #7 Who is the artist?

Question #8 What does Juxtaposition mean?

Question #9 Why was Salvador Dali the greatest master of the style of realism?

Question #10 Who is the artist?

Bonus What do the words in this picture mean?

Answers 10 Questions

Question #1 What did Constantin Brancusi display with his artwork Bird in Space? Answer: His desire for purity

Question #2 What does Futurism mean? Answer: Not looking into the past; celebrated the age of the machine

Question #3 What does Umberto’s The City Rises painting mean? Answer: How “Futurist painters adapted Cubism to create waves of muscular energy”

Question #4 Fill in the blanks: Dada art was _________ and ___________ but also deadly _________. Answer: Dada art was anarchic and humorous but also deadly serious

Question #5 What is the name of this painting? Answer: Nude Descending a Staircase

Question #6 What was written on Marcel Duchamp’s artwork Fountain, and what type of art did Duchamp call it? Answer: Richard Mutt, Ready made art

Question #7 Who is the artist? Answer: Man Ray

Question #8 What does Juxtaposition mean? Answer: Unrelated objects that are taken out of their normal context and joined together producing a new unique object.

Question #9 Why was Salvador Dali the greatest master of the style of realism? Answer: He could make bizarre images seem believable

Question #10 Who is the artist? Answer: Rene Magritte

Bonus What do the words in this picture mean? Answer: “this is not a pipe”

Quiz Answers His desire for purity Not looking into the past; celebrated the age of the machine How “Futurist painters adapted Cubism to create waves of muscular energy” Dada art was anarchic and humorous but also deadly serious Nude Descending a Staircase Richard Mutt, Ready made art Man Ray Unrelated objects that are taken out of their normal context and joined together producing a new unique object. He could make bizarre images seem believable Rene Magritte Bonus: “this is not a pipe”

The End - Sources Lewis, Richard, and Susan I. Lewis. The Power of Art Second Edition. 2nd ed. N.p.: Clark Baxter, n.d. Print. Google Images