Surrealism Answers

What does the image above reflect? a. a violent dream the artist had b. the artist’s interpretation of hell c. the violence of World War I d. the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Please select the best answer from the choices provided

How did Salvador Dalí come up with his images?a.imagery from his nightmaresb.symbolic imagery from his childhoodc.symbolic imagery from his psychotherapy sessionsd.imagery from the horrors of war

Who painted the image above? a. Joan Miro b. Salvador Dalí c. Sigmund Freud d. Max Ernst Please select the best answer from the choices provided

What was Sigmund Freud’s theory of the unconscious?a.He believed true art came only from the unconscious mind.b.He viewed the human mind as engaged in battle between the rational conscious mind and the irrational urges of the unconscious.c.He viewed all human beings as products of their environment.

How does the artist of the image above express the relationship between the conscious and subconscious mind? a. by using specific colors to represent each b. by using strange and uneasy juxtaposition c. by using a different style of paint d. all of the above Please select the best answer from the choices provided

How did the artist of the above image create his paintings? a. He dropped ink splotches and created drawings around them. b. He painted upside down. c. He doodled on canvas and turned these abstractions into whatever figure he felt they resembled. d. He closed his eyes while he painted. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

What is Automatism?a.a group of techniques designed to release art from conscious controlb.a sculptural process c.an artistic form that involves using dreams to create a pieced.art that is created by a machine

What is the name of the piece above? a. The Melting of Time b. The Persistence of Memory c. The Lapse of Time d. The Madness of Dreams Please select the best answer from the choices provided

What was the Manifesto of Surrealism?a.a text that included numerous examples of the applications of Surrealism to poetry and literatureb.a guide to how to lead a Surrealist lifestylec.a art book of Surrealist artd.a text that related the characteristics of Surrealism to the concepts of Marxism

Surrealists felt that it was important to emphasize the ____________________.a.sensual qualities of themselvesb.voice in their headsc.subjectivity of artd.concept of life as fleeting