Introduce studio artists to the elements and principles of surrealism with a lesson plan that includes models of the works of famous surrealists. Class members then select a project from a menu and create their own film, poem, or photorealistic painting using the techniques studied.

Concepts

surrealism, dreams, salvador dali, collages, sigmund freud

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Additional Tags

visual and performing arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Save representative project samples to serve as models for subsequent classes

Classroom Considerations

• Designed for a studio art class
• Requires considerable prep time to gather and prepare materials
• The link to the video of John Cage's 4'33 does not work; however, the video is available online

Pros

• The project menu and reflection questions are tiered to three levels of difficulty
  

Cons