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Surrealism or ÔMagical RealismÕ?

 

Required readings

á      Ades: 215-239

 

Important names & terms

á      Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, 1900 – psyche: ego, id, superego

á      Surrealism

á      AndrŽ Breton, Manifesto of Surrealism, 1924

á      Magical Realism

á      Gabriel Garc’a M‡rquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude, 1967

 

Links to Images

á      Roberto Matta,  Vertigo of Eros, 1944

á      Roberto Matta, Invasion of the Night, 1941 (Ades: 234)

á      Wifredo Lam, The Jungle, 1942-4

á      Wifredo Lam, Jungle Goddess, 1942

á      Frida Kahlo, The Broken Column, 1944

á      Frida Kahlo, The two Fridas, 1939

á      Frida Kahlo, My nurse and I, 1937

á      Frida Kahlo, Unos cuantos piquetitos (A Few Small Nips), 1935

á      Frida Kahlo, Moses, 1945

á      Rufino Tamayo, Woman in grey, 1959 (Ades: 217)

á      Rufino Tamayo, ChildrenÕs games, 1959

 

Additional Resources

á      Videorecording Gabriel Garc’a M‡rquez: magic and reality.   Princeton, N.J.:  Films for the Humanities, c1981. Media Library   VHS 1918

á      Videorecording The life and times of Frida Kahlo (a production of Daylight Films and WETA, Washington D.C. in association with Latino Public Broadcasting; a film by Amy Stechler). [United States]:  PBS Home Video, [2005]. Media Library DVD 1858