The Case for Surrealism

by The Art Assignment

Speaker: Sarah Urist Green

Additional resources:

Surrealism essay from The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

Smarthistory images for teaching and learning:

Giacometti, The Palace at 4 a.m.

Salvador Dalí, Metamorphosis of Narcissus with Viewer

Salvador Dalí, Metamorphosis of Narcissus with Gesturing Hand

Salvador Dalí, Metamorphosis of Narcissus at Tate Modern

Salvador Dalí, Metamorphosis of Narcissus with detail of ants

Salvador Dalí, Metamorphosis of Narcissus with detail of stone hand

Salvador Dalí, Metamorphosis of Narcissus with detail of walnut-headed figure

Salvador Dalí, Metamorphosis of Narcissus with detail of canyon at left

Salvador Dalí, Metamorphosis of Narcissus with detail of flower and egg

Giacometti, The Palace at 4 a.m.

Giacometti, The Palace at 4 a.m.

Giacometti, The Palace at 4 a.m.

Giacometti, The Palace at 4 a.m.

Giacometti, The Palace at 4 a.m.

More Smarthistory images…

Cite this page as: The Art Assignment, "The Case for Surrealism," in Smarthistory, August 2, 2017, accessed May 25, 2018, https://smarthistory.org/case-for-surrealism/.