This month the Liverpool Tate begins a major exhibition of the work of Salvador Dali, the artist who did more than any other to popularise Surrealism, but who also debased it through his long, overproductive dotage. The Tate show focuses on his best period,...

LEARNING OBJECTIVES Students will ... * learn about Surrealism and many Surrealist artists. * review perspective concepts. * review color theory and color mixing. * employ the characteristics of Surrealism in their work. * draw a connection...

In the history of modern art, nothing dates more rapidly than audacity. Every fresh shock marks a new beginning for a rising generation eager to overtake established elders. The art that challenges orthodoxy in one generation is embraced as a classic by the next and...

This past summer's vacation with the family is just a memory now, but maybe you're already thinking about where to take the kids next year. A new book from Frommer's, "500 Places to Take Your Kids Before They...

Essay is a comparison between the surrealist aspects of Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" and Edgar Allen Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death."