Austrian neurologist/psychoanalyst, Sigmond Freud provided a map to explore the terrain of subdued infantile desires, hidden in the depths of the unconscious, driving through a vehicle of dreams in his study of psychoanalysis. Surreal artist Salvodar Dali was the man who narratively drove this vehicle uncovering the mysterious mind disguised in the rationality of conscious psyche through his paranoiac critical method in art. “My ambition is to give the world of the imagination the same degree of objectivity and reality as the everyday world…. It’s the themes derived from Freudianism, that are new.”- Salvador Dali.

“Change is inevitable, and disruption it causes often bring both inconvenience and opportunity”- Robert Scoble.

Imagine Rembrandt, the master of light and shadow, flattening form like a primitive cave drawing, abstracting part of a figure resembling a piston, or emoting fiery skies in scarlet and palm trees in cerulean. Such was the “cultural shock” manifested by modernism in Europe during the first half of the twentieth century. The role of art modified, challenging old traditions and paving ways to new stylistic currents.

One can comprehend the true power of contours by closely analyzing drawings of expressionist Egon Schiele. His figurative sketches are erotic and exhibit remarkable fluidity. Auguste Rodin’s continuous contour method was very well adopted and stylized by Schiele in his work. One can see how the artist was one with his subject, capturing the nuances of the form through continuous contour lines. Schiele’s use of a limited bright color palette in contrast to mutes is bold and expressive, inspiring generations ahead.