2 / Dreams and Visions

• • The Ecstasy of St. TeresaGian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680)	Garden of Earthly DelightsHieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, ca. 1450–1516)	The Night Journey of Muhammad on His Steed, Buraq from the Bustan of SacdiUnknown painter; Sultan Muhammad Nur (calligrapher) (Uzbekistani, active first half of 16th century)	The ScreamEdvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863–1944)	The False MirrorRené Magritte (Belgian, 1898–1967)	Le Pont-au-Change (The Exchange Bridge, Paris)Charles Méryon (French, 1821–1868)
    St. Francis of AssisiFrancisco de Zurbaràn (Spanish, 1598–1644)	The Four SleepersMokuan Reien (Japanese, d. 1345)	Revenge of the GoldfishSandy Skoglund (American, b. 1946)	Women’s Dreamings of the Tanami Desert 2Margaret Anjullu (Anjule Bumblebee) (Aboriginal, n.d.)	“Sisilia Sii–Weaver”Flores Island, Indonesia	Utatane soshi emaki (A Wakeful Sleep)Tosa Mitsunobu (Japanese, 1434–1525)
    Dream, Caused by the Flight of a Bee (Around a Pomegranate, a Second Before Waking Up)Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989)	Angel of the RevelationWilliam Blake (English, 1757–1827)	The JungleWifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902–1982)	The Broken ColumnFrida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907–1954)	HeadrestShona artist, Zimbabwe	Lintel 25 of Yaxchilán Structure 23Maya artist, Yaxchilán, Chiapas, Mexico

expert perspective

Natasha Staller Professor of the History of Art, Amherst College

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Dreams can function as part of the artistic process. Dalí, in A Secret Life, wrote quite explicitly, framing his entire artistic process in terms of dreams. He said, ‘The last picture I looked at before I went to sleep, the last image, the last split second thing I would do before I would go to sleep would be look at a picture I’m working on and then the very, very first thing I would do as I woke up was to see the picture.’ And he was convinced that his unconscious would be processing, would be exploring, even as he slept. And of course, his images sing of dreams, and nightmares, and associational techniques. Freud, of course, was very interested, of all the Surrealists, even though of Breton tried so many times to interest Freud in his work, the only one Freud really was interested in was Dalí and he even wrote to his friend and colleague, Breuer about it.”