Salvador Dali and Surrealizm

            Surrealism began as a literary movement after World War I.
             were based on the nontraditional and for this reason they were naturally.
             drawn to the Dadaist. It was an international movement during the World.
             War I., which declared itself against art, responding to the absurdity of.
             the war and the insanity of the world. This 20th century style was based.
             on series of free associations symbolizing the unconscious mind. From the.
             beginning Surrealism showed two distinct areas of working method:.
             Illusionistic Surrealism by artist such as Salvador Dali, which dealt with.
             irrational content and metamorphoses of the dream state. The other was.
             called Automatist Surrealism, which was a direct outgrowth of the.
             automatic writing.
             The art of Salvador Dali is an extreme metaphor at a time when only the.
             extreme will do, because the 20th century gave birth to an increasingly.
             surreal world. His paintings not only anticipate in this crisis situation,.
             but also document the uncertain pleasures of living within it. He was a.
             painter, a writer, an engraver, jeweler, and a unique personality with an.
             outrageous reputation. At the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid he developed.
             his brilliant personality and discovered psychoanalysis. In this era, Dali.
             was the only surrealist who completely accepted the Freudian logic and.
             described the extraordinary world in terms of the commonplace vocabulary.
             Dali's technique of photographic.
             realism represents his paintings as if.
             each was a single frame from a movie. His work shows remarkable power of.
             imagination. It can be said that the whole man is present in his art.
             Quotes: "At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be.
             Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since. " -.
             Salvador Dali, In the World of Salvador Dali. Macmillan, 1962.
             "The quicksand of dreams vanish upon awakening. But the rocks of the.
             imagination still remain." - Salvador Dali, In the World of Salvador Dali.
             Macmillan, 1962.