MPC 203 Chapter 10: New Objectivity and Surrealism
1 Jan 2016
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Artists served in army, deeply influenced by military experiences. Goal: present direct and honest image of war and its effects. Tried to find redeeming value in war, but it was too crap. As war progressed, his faith in its improving society dwindled = direct, Interested in nietzsche provocative art: the war. He"s in it: soldier dragging comrade to safety. Like a religious altarpiece, but no salvation. C 1924 surrealist manifesto: a lot of dadaists moved to surrealism. 2 kinds of surrealism: naturalistic and biomorphic. Automatism: creation of art without conscious control. Weird cityscapes (pittura metafisica: the song of love. Metaphysical painting, called that because images transcend physical appearances. Shadows direct your gaze to the left, there"s puffing smoke from a locomotive = futurist. Belgian: the treachery (or perfidy) of images. Meticulous rendering of pipe, plus this is not a pipe . Challenges viewer"s reliance on conscious and rational in the reading of visual art.
