Surrealism, the Secession, and Creating Compositions

SurrealismParis in 1920sExploring dreamsUnconsciousnessFreudian influence

Salvador DaliRene MagritteMan RayMax ErnstJoan Miro

ExamplesThe Meditation, Dali

Persistence of Memory, Dali

SecessionLate 19th Century; France and Vienna, AustriaWithdraw from traditionExploringDecorativeSpirit of the turn of the century; art nouveau

Gustav KlimtEgon Sheile Max KlingerKoloman Moser

ExamplesThe Kiss, Klimt

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer,Klimt

Hygeia (Detail from “Medicine”), Klimt

CompositionsRule of Thirds

Dividing space horizontally and verticallyFocal points at intersectionsPleasing composition

Things to remember

BalanceOrganized

Guide the viewer:ColorFigure’s postureMovementLine

Collage

Realism + Patterns

Imagination