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a "bulletist" would be the person who does the art; "bulletism" is the style itself; anyhow I can find virtually nothing on "bulletist" in a Google Books search
 
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'''Bulletism''' is an artistic process that involves shooting [[ink]] at a blank piece of [[paper]].<ref>"Surrealist Games." SourceryForge.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2011. {{cite web|url=http://sourceryforge.org/index.php/Surrealist_games |title=Surrealist games - SourceryForge |accessdate=2007-09-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011085449/http://sourceryforge.org/index.php/Surrealist_games |archivedate=2007-10-11 }}.</ref> The result is a type of [[Rorschach inkblot test|ink blot]]. The artist can then develop images based on what is seen. [[Salvador Dalí]] named this technique.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://elsiglodeuropa.es/hemeroteca/2009/823/823cultura%20Dali.html|title=Dalí|last=|first=|date=2009-02-23|website=El Siglo de Europa|language=es|arxiv=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.daliberlin.de/de/news/der-neue-ausstellungskatalog-ist-da|title=Der neue Ausstellungskatalog ist da {{!}} Dalí – Die Ausstellung am Potsdamer Platz|last=|first=|date=2018-09-07|website=www.daliberlin.de|language=de|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809141007/https://www.daliberlin.de/de/news/der-neue-ausstellungskatalog-ist-da |archive-date=2020-08-09 |access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref> [[Leonardo da Vinci]], suggested that "just as one can hear any desired syllable in the sound of a bell, so one can see any desired figure in the shape formed by throwing a sponge with ink against the wall."<ref>"Bulletism." glossary.com. Glossary.com, 2011. Web. 3 Mar. 2011. http://www.glossary.com/reference.php?q=Bulletism {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711101746/http://www.glossary.com/reference.php?q=Bulletism# |date=2011-07-11 }}.</ref>
'''Bulletism''' is a [[Surrealist techniques|Surrealist art technique]] that involves shooting [[ink]] at a blank piece of [[paper]].<ref>"Surrealist Games." SourceryForge.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2011. {{cite web|url=http://sourceryforge.org/index.php/Surrealist_games |title=Surrealist games - SourceryForge |accessdate=2007-09-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011085449/http://sourceryforge.org/index.php/Surrealist_games |archivedate=2007-10-11 }}.</ref> The resulting pattern is similar to a [[Rorschach inkblot test|blot]], which the artist can then interpret and develop into images.
 
The technique was named by [[Salvador Dalí]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://elsiglodeuropa.es/hemeroteca/2009/823/823cultura%20Dali.html|title=Dalí|date=2009-02-23|website=El Siglo de Europa|language=es|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.daliberlin.de/de/news/der-neue-ausstellungskatalog-ist-da|title=Der neue Ausstellungskatalog ist da {{!}} Dalí – Die Ausstellung am Potsdamer Platz|date=2018-09-07|website=www.daliberlin.de|language=de|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809141007/https://www.daliberlin.de/de/news/der-neue-ausstellungskatalog-ist-da |archive-date=2020-08-09 |access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref>
 
==History==
The idea of interpreting random forms has precedents in earlier artistic practices. [[Leonardo da Vinci]] suggested that "just as one can hear any desired syllable in the sound of a bell, so one can see any desired figure in the shape formed by throwing a sponge with ink against the wall."<ref>"Bulletism." glossary.com. Glossary.com, 2011. Web. 3 Mar. 2011. {{cite web|url=http://www.glossary.com/reference.php?q=Bulletism |title=Bulletism |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711101746/http://www.glossary.com/reference.php?q=Bulletism# |archivedate=2011-07-11}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Surrealist techniques]]
* [[Surrealist techniques]]
* [[Surrealist automatism#Automatic_drawing_and_painting|Automatic drawing]]
* [[Exquisite corpse]]


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 19:13, 3 October 2025

Bulletism is a Surrealist art technique that involves shooting ink at a blank piece of paper.[1] The resulting pattern is similar to a blot, which the artist can then interpret and develop into images.

The technique was named by Salvador Dalí.[2][3]

History

The idea of interpreting random forms has precedents in earlier artistic practices. Leonardo da Vinci suggested that "just as one can hear any desired syllable in the sound of a bell, so one can see any desired figure in the shape formed by throwing a sponge with ink against the wall."[4]

See also

References

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