Surreal Room!

LEARNING ABOUT 1 POINT PERSPECTIVE

Objectives

Students will be able to recognize surrealist artwork

Students will be able to comprehend 1 point perspective through

practice

Students will be able to create a 1 point perspective room that

demonstrates surrealism using mixed media.

What is surrealism?

An Art movement that began in Europe in

the 1920s

Surrealism features artwork that is DREAM

LIKE, and has JUXTAPOSE images

JUXTAPOSE: Two things that are put

together but they CONTRAST/ CLASH;
Things that are put together but do not
make sense together ON PURPOSE

FAMOUS ARTISTS FROM THE SURREALIST

MOVEMENT: SALVADOR DALI, RENE
MAGRITTE, etc.

Salvador Dali

May 11, 1904 January 23, 1989

Spanish Painter

Best known for his Surrealist paintings, but he

also did film, photography, and sculpture.

The Persistence of Memory

Dali wanted to
show Einsteins
theory that time is
Relative and not
fixed

The Disintegrations of the

Persistence of Memory

Swans reflecting Elephants

Inspired by Hieronymus Bosch

c. 1490-1510.400
years before Dali!

Which also inspired

Surrealism

Surrealismis acultural movementthat began in the early

1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. The
aim was to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of
dream and reality." Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes
with photographic precision, created strange creatures from
everyday objects and developed painting techniques that allowed
the unconscious to express itself and/or an idea/concept
( wikipedia)

Rene Magritte

Dorothy Tanning

Vladimir Kush- modern surrealist

Modern Surrealism

Let your imagination run wild!

What will you be doing?

Use 1 point perspective to create a

surrealist piece

Step 2

Once you are done coloring, cut

out the doors and windows

On a dark piece of paper, draw a

cool space scene with either
colored pencils or oil pastels

Selecting Collage

Random objects cut out cleanly from

magazines

LARGER objects in front

OVERLAP

Have some things going in and out of

doors

ORGANIZE FIRST and get everything

ready before gluing down!

CHALLENGE

DRAW OBJECTS IN THE ROOM ( bed,

chair, table)

If you are successful, you will get 10

extra credit!

Be CREATIVE and UNIQUE

If you have an idea, as

long as it demonstrates
1 point perspective and
has drawing and collage
in it, go for it! Just ask
me and I can give you
other resources!