FNAR 202 final exam T—T
Joan Miró, Object, 1936 Surrealism 1. found different objects and put them together to make viewers feel unsettled 2. the leg has sexual connotations to it -> represents fetishes and eroticism 3. sense of surprise -> jolts brain into subconscious
Assemblage: stuffed parrot on wooden perch, stuffed silk stocking with velvet garter and doll's paper shoe suspended in hollow wooden frame, derby hat, hanging cork ball, celluloid fish, and engraved map
Pablo Picasso, Large Nude in Red Armchair, May 5, 1929 Surrealism 1. The image is a modern take on a typical nude figure, one of the oldest subjects in art. 2. commentary about his relationship with women: through animalistic features of the woman 3. head thrown back -> sexual connotation or screaming in pain (being ripped apart, torn apart, violence) 4. The image was intended to shock, both through colors and subject, as a route to the subconscious.
large nude in the red armchair