M.C. Escher’s artwork below shows figures walking on an endless, gravity defying, staircase. Explain what message you think Escher is trying to convey to the audience. Use visual examples to support your response.

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M.C. Escher’s artwork below shows figures walking on an endless, gravity defying, staircase. Explain what message you think Escher is trying to convey to the audience. Use visual examples to support your response. (3 marks)

Discuss how Carrington challenges our understanding of reality in her artwork below. (3 marks)

What type of Surrealist artworks are these following works by Salvador Dali? Label the three artworks below with their correct category. (3 marks)

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Please circle the correct response. 1 mark per question.

A giant glove nailed to a wall

  1. A man doing a handstand
  2. A ladder standing in the clouds

 

  1. Which of the following is the best definition of metamorphosis?
  2. An object transforms in size
  3. An object is placed where it shouldn’t be
  4. An object changes shape or form into something else.
  5. Objects are strange, illogical, or in impossible combinations.

 

  1. Surrealist artists were heavily inspired by Freud’s work on the ____________ mind.
  2. Conscious
  3. Subconscious
  4. Superconscious
  5. Primitive

 

  1. the Dada art movement that came before them
  2. using everyday objects in their artworks
  3. the oppressive rules of modern society
  4. modern photography making things look too realistic

 

  1. Circle the artwork below that is part of the Surrealist movement? (1 mark)