The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 150 - 151

Question 1

Ernst: Mother of Madness

Answer 1

• Max Ernst (1891-1976)
• Dadaist and Surrealist
• experienced hallucinations when he saw fevered visions during a bout of childhood measles
• invented “frottage”

Question 2

Dali: Painting Paranoia

Answer 2

• Salvador Dali (1904-89)
• he represented his hallucinations with meticulous realism
• he distorted objects grotesquely and placed them in unreal dream landscapes

Question 3

Magritte: Dream Visions

Answer 3

• Rene Magritte (1898-1967)

- he placed everyday objects incongruous settings and transformed them into electric shocks