Consider De Chirico's The Disquieting Muses, Dali's Persistence of Memory, and Oppenheim's Object (Luncheon in Fur). For each artist, identify the movement with which he or she is associated. Then discuss the differing approaches each artist took in these works to achieve the goals of that movement

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De Chirico was an innovative artist who believed for art to become truly immortal it must break the barriers of common sense and logic and enter the regions of childhood vision and dream. His fantasy painting The Disquieting Muses presents dreamlike imagery of objects composed of fragments of Italy's past and present—ancient, the Renaissance, and the Industrial Revolution. Surrealism appreciated the logic of dreams, the mystery of the unconscious, and the lure of the bizarre and irrational. Merit Oppenheim's Object (Luncheon in Fur) illustrates the concept of the poetic object and the juxtaposition of incongruous elements with objects to provoke strangeness or disorientation. The fur-lined tea cup and saucer creates an uneasy image of using these as functional items. Possibly one of the most famous of Dali's Surrealist works is Persistence of Memory. Dali's art offers a fascinating paradox: a precise and meticulous rendering of limp watch forms, yet the forms could not possibly be real. He creates a fantasy landscape, perhaps suggesting his triumph once and for all over time.