Surrealism Comparison of Elsa Schiaparelli's Desk Suit and Salvador Dali's Anthromorphic Chest of Drawer

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Surrealism, who has not heard this word nowadays? World of the dreams and everything that is irrational, impossible or grotesque, a cultural movement founded immediately after the First World War which is continued and practiced until today. To understand it better it is necessary to look deeper into the work of two outstanding artists strongly connected with this movement, people for whom this style was a part of their lives.
This essay's primary objective is to look closer and compare Desk Suit 1936 by Elsa Schiaparelli to Anthropomorphic Chest of Drawers, 1936 by Salvador Dali. These two pieces of art although so different, have a lot in common. To find out more and explore the world of surrealism, it will be worth studying and reviewing each art work based on the information found in several books about Salvador Dali and Elsa Schiaparelli as well as in other sources, such as You tube, journals, articles and web sites. For this purpose, the essay will open with a review of the work of Salvador Dali followed by research on Elsa Schiaparelli's design, before finally comparing them in relation to surrealism. During the course of this essay themes such as surrealism, motif of drawers, fashion as an art and influence of surrealism on current days will be explored using the theories of a number of experts.
Spanish painter, Salvador Dali was definitely one of the most eccentric personalities of the XX century. He is well known as a pioneer of surrealist art. His output up to these days, has had a huge influence on media and current artists around the globe. He was the one who stepped forward by bringing surreal elements into the objects of every day use. Partly because of Dali today surrealism is so acknowledged today. In "Mo...

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"Surrealism into Fashion" by Robyn Gibson
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