Part of Lesson Plan: An Introduction to Photographic Surrealism

Activity Overview / Details

The teacher will define the concept of surrealism by presenting vocabulary and showing Definition of surrealism quicktime presentation.

The students will explore and gather a minimum of 10 master artists photo work of surrealism on the internet - starting at the website www.artcyclopedia.com and using the search field. Salvadore Dali, Renee Magritte, Arthur Tress (recommended artists, but there are more)

The student will SAVE in a .jpeg format - the  ten or more master artists visual artwork

The students will prepare their understanding of the definition of surrealism by writing it in their own words in a five paragraph essay with high school level grammar and sentence structure and then recording the 5 paragraph essay on understanding in a sound recording program such as Audacity. This will be your voice recorded over master artists visual artwork .jpeg.