Questions to
answer about the reading:
1.
What is surrealism?
Ideas developed by strange dreams, using
unrelated objects and placing them side by side.
2.
What motif did Magritte use in many of his
works? Why was this significant?
Man with a bowler
hat, he used to dress that way and it inspired him when he saw other men
dressed the same way.
3.
In his work Golconda,
why is it important that Magritte varied the image of the man in the bowler
hat? How does it add depth to the work?
Each “man with the
hat” looks very similar, but when analyzed, each man has different
characteristics. He uses scale, foreground, and background to create depth.
4.
Why did surreal artists choose to create strange
worlds with their art?
They wanted to
bring their dreams to life.
5.
Explain how the techniques of juxtaposition,
altered scale, and language help Magritte explore Surrealism.
He uses imagery
and allows to viewers to keep an open mind and fill in the empty holes. He
wants people to be apart of the painting/story.
6.
What would be a few reasons why Magritte would
cover the faces of his subjects?
There were many
theories that inspired the “covering of the faces”. When Magritte was a boy,
his mother drowned herself in a river and it was said that her face was covered
with her nightgown.
7.
Why did Magritte strive for realism &
precision in his paintings?
He wanted viewers
to focus on the subject other than what the artist used to create the subject.
His paintings were smooth and very detailed which could be mistaken for a
photograph.
8.
Google more of Magritte’s work and include 2
images that interest you.
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Explain the technique(s) used to enhance the
work
First Photo: This picture is cropped in tightly and uses
a lot of highlights and contours
Second Photo: This picture has a foreground and background
