What Is Freud’s Unconscious Theory and How Is It Applied...

What is Freud’s unconscious theory and how is it applied in the art work of Dada/ surrealist artists? Sigmund Freud was a Jewish Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis. Freud went on to develop theories about the unconscious mind. The concept of the unconscious theory was central to Freud’s ideas of the human mind. He first introduced his ideas around the unconscious theory when trying to explain what happens to ideas that are repressed but remain in the mind. In Freud’s original outline of the main principles to the theory, he believed the mind was made up of 3 systems – the unconscious, preconscious, and the conscious. The unconscious part of the mind is made up of hidden desires, impulses or wishes of†¦show more content†¦This can lead to one of the most difficult and self destructive problems in humans; unconscious guilt or anxiety as the Id, Ego, and Super Ego struggle to keep in balance. Lastly, there are two more principles; the Reality Principle, and the Pleasure Principle, which make up Freud’s Theory of the Unconscious. The Pleasure Principle is linked to the unconscious and it is impulsive, primitive and disorganized. According to Freud, it rules people from birth and it is basically to do with the gratification of sexual urges. The pleasure principle is always the main motive force of the unconscious as it pushes people towards immediate gratification of their wishes. This is the tendency behind all natural impulses and urges. In contrast, as a person matures and has to work in a social environment, the Reality Principle comes into play. It involves conscious, logical thinking and lets us delay gratification in order to get on with everyday life. This principle causes sexual energy to be redirected to safer and more socially acceptable behavior such as into some sort of creative outlet e.g art. Therefore it is being repressed into the unconscious or prec onscious mind. It is a constant tug of war between the pleasure and reality principles, but if it were not for the development of the reality principle we would be in trouble- we wouldn’t be able to delay gratification, estimate consequences, or assess reality. Freud’s Theory of the Unconscious is evident in art workShow MoreRelatedWhat Is Freud’s Unconscious Theory and How Is It Applied in the Art Work of Dada/ Surrealist Artists?1968 Words   |  8 PagesWhat is Freudà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s unconscious theory and how is it applied in the art work of Dada/ surrealist artists? Sigmund Freud was a Jewish Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis. Freud went on to develop theories about the unconscious mind. The concept of the unconscious theory was central to Freudà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s ideas of the human mind. He first introduced his ideas around the unconscious theory when trying to explain what happens to ideas that are repressed but remain in the mind. What Is Freud’s Unconscious Theory and How Is It Applied... What is Freudà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s unconscious theory and how is it applied in the art work of Dada/ surrealist artists? Sigmund Freud was a Jewish Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis. Freud went on to develop theories about the unconscious mind. The concept of the unconscious theory was central to Freudà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s ideas of the human mind. He first introduced his ideas around the unconscious theory when trying to explain what happens to ideas that are repressed but remain in the mind. In Freudà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s original outline of the main principles to the theory, he believed the mind was made up of 3 systems à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å" the unconscious, preconscious, and the conscious. The unconscious part of the mind is made up of hidden desires, impulses or†¦show more content†¦This suggests his childhood fear of sex has been repressed in the unconscious and is coming through into his paintings through Freudian methods such as deep symbolism, dream like landscapes and figures, and even slight use of humour. As well as the use of sexual motifs, Dali has juxtaposed many objects in this painting such as the stamen of the lily and the tongue of the lion, the locust over the human mouth, the woman morphing into Dalià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s face. This all suggests that Dali was representing his hidden desires through the absurdity of the juxtaposition of these objects. It was a way of expressing his unconscious as these objects have turned into something strange and drea mlike; some of them improbably enlarged (the locust), and some morphed into one another (the woman, Dalià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s face and the lower part of the manà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s body). Joan Miro, also a surrealist artist, created the art work à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Å"Catalan Landscapeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ in 1923-4. To Miro, surrealism was an artistic response to the power of dreams and the unconscious mind, but was only a brief obsession. Within the painting, the flat shapes and lines (mostly black or coloured) suggest the subjects, sometimes quite cryptically. Because the subjects are not immediately known as to what they mean or are this shows that Miro has been influenced by the idea thatShow MoreRelatedWhat Is Freud’s Unconscious Theory and How Is It Applied in the Art Work of Dada/ Surrealist Artists?1958 Words   |  8 PagesWhat is Freud’s unconscious theory and how is it applied in the art work of Dada/ surrealist artists? Sigmund Freud was a Jewish Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis. Freud went on to develop theories about the unconscious mind. The concept of the unconscious theory was central to Freud’s ideas of the human mind. 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