The Earliest European Surrealistic Artworks (20th c.): Architectural Motifs and Patterns
The Earliest European Surrealistic Artworks (20th c.): Architectural Motifs and Patterns

Summary/Abstract: Active processes of alteration and evolution of the conceptual and artis-tic paradigm were taking place in European architecture at the beginning of the 20thcentury. It is known, that these changes were related to various global factors, like the urbanization of more territories and the advent of new technologies and industries.The drastically mutated appearances of architecture and constructions were reflected in the artworks, where corresponding interpretation was created. We now find it in the production of many European authors, regardless of their belonging to different generations, art schools, styles, etc. In this con-text, the analysis of the varying stylistic solutions revealed the different role of architectural visions and elements – still inspired and transformed on the basis of the existing urban environment.We investigated a narrow as-pect of this phenomenon in the article: the architectural images in the piec-es of some of the earliest and most significant European artists (surrealists). We chose the classified paintings according to two conditions: the building motives and structures used in the compositions; as well as the following vi-sions and replicas that appeared in contemporary architectural practice. In the first direction, we traced the typology of the involved elements and their organization in the picture space. In the second, we regarded the relation-ship of the depicted and imagined architecture with later implementations.The expected results are in the field of history and theory of contemporary art and architecture.

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