The image to the left is a surrealistic painting done by Joan Miro in 1937, entitled Still Life with Old Shoe. The years after WWI brought huge changes in both literature and art. One of the styles of writing and painting, as we learned in Ch. 15, was surrealism. Surrealism was movement that was used to link dreams with real life. Artists, like Joan Miro, would take images from their dreams or any other fantasic imagery they had in mind and put them on paper. In Still Life with Old Shoe there is a rotten apple stabbed a lethal six-tined fork, a bottle wrapped with a very old newspaper, a heel of bread, and an untied, old shoe. Miro used bright colors along with black shaddows in shapes that show his brilliance in the way to create such an extraordinary work. The visuals created during the surrealist movement are still very much used and appreciated today.
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The work of art to the right is entitled The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali, completed in 1931. This is another example of surrealistic art. Dali used melting pocket watches to give his idea of memory and what happens over time. The painting itself has many different aspects that bring about many different interpretations. One of the most accepted interpretations of this work is that things that appear strong and always purposeful come to a point where they fade away and become somewhat useless. The fantasy scene is placed over a very realistic, lifelike setting, the ocean, which is one characteristic of the painting that pulls together the unrealistic world of dreams and real life. The painting portrays the ideal surrealistic message.Cites: http://tothewire.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/the_persistence_of_memory_1931_salvador_dali.jpg?w=300
http://simplycharly.wetpaint.com/page/Analysis+of+The+Persistence+of+Memory+by+Salvador+Dali
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The painting to the left is entitled Road to Nowhere by artist Leonid Shchigel. Shchigel is an artist very dedicated to Dali and his artwork. This visual is extremely similar to the works of Dali and this is because Shchigel is a firm believer of surrealism. This is just one of the many surrealistic works that he has in his art gallery in Wayzata, Minnesota.Another characteristic that can be seen in many surrealistic works is perspective. This paiting is a very detailed painting, showing great perspective and surrealistic images. Every aspect of Shchigel's work relates perfectly to Dali and the surrealism movement after WWI.
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The painting on the right is entitled Manifesto of Surrealism by the founder of surrealism, Andre Breton. The painting was completed after WWI and it is known to be a reaction to the widespread atrocities during the war. Breton discovered the surrealist movement by trying to escape the real, every day life that was directly in front of his eyes. By painting unrealistic, dreamlike images, the horrors of the war were able to be escaped. 
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