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Salvador Dalí and the Surrealists: Their Lives and Ideas, 21 Activities PDF

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To my son Nick May your life be full of surreal humor and creativity CONTENTS Acknowledgments Foreword by Peter Tush, Curator of Education, The Salvador Dalí Museum Time Line Introduction 1 KING DALÍ Pictures Everywhere Art Studio Crystal Eyes 2 LESSONS FOR A YOUNG ARTIST Free Association Fun Inkblots Splotch Art 3 A LEAP INTO THE SUBCONSCIOUS Automatic Writing Poetry from the Deep Solar Prints Video of Dreams Dream Journal 4 DALÍ AND THE SURREALISTS The “Exquisite Corpse” Drawing Poem Objects Surreal Objects Art in a Box Host a Dream Ball Impressive Art: A Frottage 5 DALÍ THE CLOWN PRINCE Unreal Comedy Dalíesque Fashion Collage Double Image Art Dreamscape 6 CELEBRITY ARTIST Hair Art Glossary Resources Bibliography Museums Web Sites Image Credits Index ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many thanks to Peter Tush and the staff of the Salvador Dalí Museum for advice and access to archives. I am grateful to the students of Mariposa Middle School who field-tested the activities and inspired me to complete the project. I offer hugs to my wife and son, who shared the joy of exploring Dalíworld and supported my efforts to create this book. FOREWORD As the curator of education at the Salvador Dalí Museum, I am thrilled to have the opportunity to recommend Michael Ross’s wonderful new work on Salvador Dalí. For years I have waited for an appropriate book to recommend to students and teachers that communicates Dalí’s truly remarkable life and ideas without compromising his complexity in its presentation. I believe that Ross has achieved this delicate balance, providing an exciting context in which to discover the fascinating world of this internationally celebrated Catalan surrealist. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience as a science educator at Yosemite National Park, Ross has brought a unique sensibility to the world of Dalí. His background in ornithology, geology, botany, and entomology has given him the ability not just to present Dalí’s fascinating story, but to capture and engage with Dalí’s ideas. With his lengthy experience of working with children and writing children’s books, Ross opens the door to Dalí’s ideas for a new generation. The joy of discovery associated with scientific research translates well to the world of Dalí, an artist who constantly applied scientific information to his paintings. Using extensive hands-on projects and art activities, Ross invites young readers to reexperience Dalí’s discoveries firsthand, providing opportunities to engage in the creative processes of Dalí’s approach to art and living. Michael Ross is a gifted storyteller as well, and he makes Dalí’s life come alive for young readers. Whether explaining the complex world of surrealism, exploring Spanish and Catalan culture, covering the entangled historical figures from Dalí’s life, analyzing the optical phenomena and symbolism in Dalí’s work, or elucidating the surrealist’s interest in the unconscious, Ross succeeds where other authors have fallen short. Not only is Dalí and the Surrealists appropriate for students and teachers, it will be enjoyed by anyone wishing to rediscover why Dalí has fascinated generation after generation of art lovers worldwide. —Peter Tush, Curator of Education The Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida TIME LINE 1874 First Impressionist Exhibition in Paris 1900 Sigmund Freud publishes Interpretation of Dreams 1904 Salvador Dalí born on May 11 1914World War I begins 1917 Dalí begins formal art studies Russian Revolution 1929 Dalí meets Gala Stock market crashes and the Great Depression begins Buñuel and Dalí's first film, Un Chien Andalou, is shown in Paris 1930 Buñuel and Dalí collaborate on the film L'Age d'Or, which is later banned 1931 Dalí paints The Persistence of Memory Establishment of a Republic in Spain 1934 Dalí makes first trip to New York Right-wing riots in

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