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Getting Our Bearings / Max Ernst |
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This artist has combined familiar shapes-circle, square, rectangle-with a mysterious perspective. This is typical of his style. From what perspective do you seem to be viewing this image? What clues are you using to learn where you stand? What would happen if your vantage point were closer or further away, farther above or below?
Max Ernst wanted to explore his dreams and his unconscious mind. He expressed himself by making illogical connections between images, often using symbols with familiar meanings to create windows into the psychic world.
Lesson Plan 2: Getting Our Bearings by Knowing Our Dreams
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 Max Ernst (1891-1976) Fureur me Traite comme la Tristesse #7, n.d. color lithograph Madison Art Center Purchase Fund |