Surrealism Online Resource

(2009) Surrealism.org: Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, Joan Miro, Georgio de Chirico
Retrieved from http://www.surrealism.org/
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Salvidor Dali

Rene Magritte

Man Ray

Frida Kahlo

Surrealism and Dada - Online Media Resources

 OttOmOlOtOv (2007,  22 May) The ABC's of DADA [Video File]. Retrieved from

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqkIJ0odFxA

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJICH4R9n8w&feature=related

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yprAZPx5hXs&feature=related

A detailed documentary about the history, rise and fall of Dadaism.

Ovation TV (2009, 6 August) The Secret of Marcel Duchamp [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leUv-GZbE54&feature=related

A brief documentary about Marcel Duchamp and his artworks.

BBC (2010, 16 June) Salvador Dali - BBC Modern Masters [Video file]. Retrieved from

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtEdmPGLZnM

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC9U9FmQS-0&feature=related

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKITWKWArzA&feature=related

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ6LvIN5bbc&feature=related

Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06DTxdXeMfU&feature=related

Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EmkTeI28_A&feature=related

A very in depth biographical documentary about Salvidor Dali.

Dali, S. & Disney, W. (1946) Destino. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRShLb49EhI

A collaborative animation by Salvador Dali and Walt Disney

Surrealism and Dada - Media Resources

Lucie-Smith, E. & Carrol, D. (1970). Surrealism and Dadaism Edward Lucie Smith discusses the art of Ernst, Dali and Duchamp [DVD]. Hollywood, CA: Center for Cassette Studies

[Video file]

Dadaism tried to destroy bourgeois concepts of art, to promote a revolution in arts and the Surrealists inherited this revolutionary spirit, and did succeed in revolutionizing the fine arts.

Surrealism and Dada - Journal Articles

Short, Robert S. (1966). The politics of surrealism, 1920-36 Journal of Contemporary History, 1 (2), 3-25. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezp01.library.qut.edu.au/sici?sici=0022-0094%281966%291%3A2%3C3%3ATPOS1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M&origin=serialsolutions

In depth and critical essay about the politics of Surrealism.

Surrealism and Dada - Books

Ades, D. (1978) Dada and Surrealism Reviewed. London: Arts Council of Great Britain

            5 Essays on Dada and Surrealism

Ball, H., Tatlin, V., Breton, A. (2006). Dada Manifesto, The Work Ahead of Us, First Manifesto of Surrealism. In Lewer, Debbie (Ed.), Malden, MA: Blackwell

Essays and reflections by Hugo Ball, Vladamir Tatlin and Andre Breton about the rise of Dadaism and Surrealism at the time when it was happening (approx. 1920)

Camfield, W. A. (1993).  Max Ernst : Dada and the dawn of Surrealism . Munich: Prestel

Catalogue of the exhibition “Max Ernst: Dada and the Dawn of Surrealism” held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1993.

Duchamp, Marcel ; Hoch, Hannah. (1968). Theories of modern art : a source book by artists and critics (pp. 392 - 395 ; pp. 396 – 369) Berkeley: University of California Press

Marcel Duchamps’ ideas of what are can be and his reflections of what art was at the time.

Surrealism and Dada - Lesson Powerpoints

An example lesson Powerpoint on Surrealism suitable for Year 10 students (Reference:  Felicia Stockdale)


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An example lesson Powerpoint on Assemblage, suitable for Year 10 students (Reference:  Kirstie King)

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Surrealism and Dada - Lesson Plans

An example lesson plan on Surrealism, suitable for Year 10 Students  (Reference: Felicia Stockdale)


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An example lesson plan on Assemblage, suitable for Year 10 Students (Reference: Kirstie King)
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