An Investigation in to Surrealism and Frida Kahlo
- Surrealism: Pertinent Terms
- Sigmund Freud - Austrian neurologist who founded psychoanalysis
- psychoanalysis - a method of analyzing psychic phenomena and treating emotional disorders that emphasizes the importance of the patient's talking freely about himself while under treatment, especially about early childhood experiences and about his dreams
- inter-war movement - between World War I and World War II
- surrealist automatism - belief in the intelligence of the unconscious that directs the hand meaningfully to make automatic paintings
- naturalism - thought based only on natural desires and instincts
- grattage - scraping paint from the canvas
Look for the following visual cues when viewing surrealistic paintings:
a. realistic items that have been used out-of-place
b. unreal scenes
c. normal objects acting abnormally
d. fantastic creatures