Surrealism Flashcards
What is an artistic movement founded in 1924 that explores the subconscious through dream-like imagery, influenced by psychoanalysis?
Surrealism
What artistic movement aimed to express the subconscious mind and dreamlike realities?
Surrealism
Which artist painted The Persistence of Memory?
Salvador Dalí
What artwork features melting clocks that symbolize the decay of time, death, and the impermanence of reality?
The Persistence of Memory
In The Persistence of Memory, what symbolizes the process of decomposition and decay?
The ants on the timepiece
Which artwork by Salvador Dalí depicts distorted, elongated creatures symbolizing spiritual struggle and temptation?
The Temptation of St. Anthony
Which artist painted The Broken Column?
Frida Kahlo
In The Broken Column, what symbolizes Frida Kahlo’s fractured spine and lifelong physical pain?
The broken column replacing her spine
What artwork depicts a real-life event in which Dorothy Hale committed suicide, painted in a haunting, tragic manner?
The Suicide of Dorothy Hale
Which painting by Frida Kahlo represents her personal miscarriage and suffering?
Henry Ford Hospital
What artwork portrays a real news event where a woman was violently stabbed to death?
Unos Cuantos Piquetitos (A Few Small Nips)
Which artist painted The Mystery and Melancholy of the Street?
Giorgio de Chirico
What artwork creates a sense of unease and mystery through urban landscapes with oblique shadows?
The Mystery and Melancholy of the Street
Which artist painted The Son of Man and Time Transfixed?
René Magritte
What artwork is a mysterious self-portrait of a man in a suit with his face obscured by a floating apple?
The Son of Man
Which artist believed that mystery itself had no meaning—it simply exists?
René Magritte
