Visit the following websites.  Find THREE (3) pieces of Surrealist art that interests you.

Salvador Dali

http://www.virtualdali.com/

René Magritte

http://www.malekzadeh.com/art/magritte.html

Many Surrealists

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/s/surrealism.html

 

FOR EACH IMAGE:

1)     Choose your image

2)     Write down the name and date of the artwork as well as the artists name

3)     Sketch your image

4)     List ‘transformations’ in the artwork:

a) objects that are changed
b) objects placed in an odd context
c) Odd uses of perspective or proportion

example:
Salvador Dali

‘Elephants’ 1948

Transformations:

Elephants’ legs stretched out like insect legs
Elephants carrying bizarre pillars of stone
Scary orange sky
Tiny ant-like humans below
Elephants too large proportionally
Tiny landscape