Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Surrealism


There are many different styles of art. Surrealism is one of them. We all know what "real" means, right? The prefix sur means "over, above, beyond, on."


If something is surreal, it contains real things in unreal combinations. Surrealistic art has an odd dreamlike quality. To learn about this style, fourth graders made surrealistic collages, cutting and pasting images into backgrounds where they didn't belong.

Surrealistic art has an odd dreamlike quality. To learn about this style, fourth graders made surrealistic collages, cutting and pasting images into backgrounds where they didn't belong.
When everybody finished their collages, I said, "Okay, now draw your collage."


Surrealistic art has an odd dreamlike quality. To learn about this style, fourth graders made surrealistic collages, cutting and pasting images into backgrounds where they didn't belong.
When everybody finished their collages, I said, "Okay, now draw your collage." A few people panicked until we looked at the paintings of Chagall. See how he made real things, but not necessarily realistically? So, it's okay to draw things "kid-style"!


Joke: "How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb?"
Answer: "A fish."

1 comment:

sopie said...

thats not that funny. but it is a good joke.