Презентация, доклад по английскому языку по теме Surrealism. Salvador Dali. 9 класс, УМК Spotlight 9

Rybachie school, Republic Crimea

a mad man is that I am not mad”- Salvador Dali

painters of the Twentieth Century

with film, sculpture, and photography.

a prosperous family. His larger-than-life persona started early: aged 10, he had his first drawing lessons where he claimed that he manifested hysterical, rage-filled outbursts toward his family and playmates. Throughout his life, Dali retained his love for Catalan culture, and he depicted the landscape surrounding Figueres in several key paintings throughout his career.

he joined the surrealists in 1920. Soon he became the most famous surrealist of the time

His eccentric manner was a reflection of his art and vice versa. The fact that he was always in the limelight made his paintings more famous. He could also display a supreme confidence.
“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.”

Persistence of Memory’. Sometimes called Soft Watches or Melting Clocks, the work introduced the surrealistic image of a soft, melting pocket watch. It is has become an iconic artwork of the twentieth century – amongst other things it points to the illusion of time.

GALA, his muse.

unreal dream space, which is understandable because of the hallucinatory things in them.

till 1955. During that time his paintings were often on religious themes, for example, the crucifixion of saint John of the cross

in1989