Carrye Campbell

SLM 521

Spring 2005

Dropin 1

Joan Miro

Joan Miro was a Spanish artist that worked in the Surrealist style. Visit the following Web site to learn about Joan Miro and his imaginative works of art.

http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Miro.html

For this activity, respond to the following questions:

1. Where did the ideas for works by Miro come from?

2. What types of images/objects does Miro tend to include in his works?

3. How are the forms in his paintings organized?

4. What other media did Miro work in?

5. Select one of the artworks that you find interesting and click on the image for an enlarged view.

6. Write the name of the painting and year it was created. What qualities of this work make it Surrealistic?

Record all responses in your art notebook.

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