The Influence of the Subconscious on Art and Creation Exploring the Role of Dreams, Visual Images and Symbols in Art

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10.2991/978-2-38476-511-9_30How to use a DOI?

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Surrealism; dreams; symbolism; collective unconscious; the influence of dreams on creation

Abstract

With the continuous emergence of diverse forms of art, people tend to pursue the satisfaction of visual forms such as lines or colors. However, it is certain that no matter how the forms of artistic expression change, the creative ideas, motivations, and behaviors of artists are controlled by consciousness and subconsciousness, especially the subconscious. Dreams are the closest gateway to peeping into the human subconscious, so this paper attempts to explore and analyze the meanings of common images in dreams. This paper takes the surrealist Dalí’s work “The Persistence of Memory” as the research object to explore how such painters use illusions or dreams for artistic creation.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ronghua Shen
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/31
TI  - The Influence of the Subconscious on Art and Creation Exploring the Role of Dreams, Visual Images and Symbols in Art
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 265
EP  - 273
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-511-9_30
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-511-9_30
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