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The world of Salvador Dali
English, French (translation)
- GenresArt
239 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1962
About the author
Salvador Dalí
369 books726 followersSalvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquis of Púbol, was a Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Catalonia.
Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931.
Salvador Dalí's artistic repertoire also included film, sculpture, and photography. He collaborated with Walt Disney on the Academy Award-nominated short cartoon Destino, which was released posthumously in 2003. He also collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on Hitchcock's film Spellbound.
Dalí insisted on his "Arab lineage", claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors who occupied Southern Spain for nearly 800 years (711-1492), and attributed to these origins, "my love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes."
Widely considered to be greatly imaginative, Dalí had an affinity for doing unusual things to draw attention to himself. This sometimes irked those who loved his art as much as it annoyed his critics, since his eccentric manner sometimes drew more public attention than his artwork. The purposefully-sought notoriety led to broad public recognition and many purchases of his works by people from all walks of life.
Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931.
Salvador Dalí's artistic repertoire also included film, sculpture, and photography. He collaborated with Walt Disney on the Academy Award-nominated short cartoon Destino, which was released posthumously in 2003. He also collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on Hitchcock's film Spellbound.
Dalí insisted on his "Arab lineage", claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors who occupied Southern Spain for nearly 800 years (711-1492), and attributed to these origins, "my love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes."
Widely considered to be greatly imaginative, Dalí had an affinity for doing unusual things to draw attention to himself. This sometimes irked those who loved his art as much as it annoyed his critics, since his eccentric manner sometimes drew more public attention than his artwork. The purposefully-sought notoriety led to broad public recognition and many purchases of his works by people from all walks of life.
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January 27, 2016
This is what the title says it was - Dali's world. It was written by a friend of Dali's, and Dali wrote the captions for all the pictures. There was a bit of biography, a bit of art technique description, quite a bit of gushing on the author's part about his subject, a lot of nonsense captions, and many color plates of great art.
When I say "nonsense captions," I mean that Dali was often speaking as a Surrealist, so they only appeared to be nonsense, or, if they were, they were so in a way designed to make you think. What I took away most from this book was how truly talented Dali was. The range of his styles, as well as his technical expertise, was incredible. Were he less talented, I'd think he was just a talker that was trying to distract his audience with Surrealist observations, but anyone who can paint so masterfully can say anything he wants, as far as I'm concerned. He's got the art chops to back it up.
When I say "nonsense captions," I mean that Dali was often speaking as a Surrealist, so they only appeared to be nonsense, or, if they were, they were so in a way designed to make you think. What I took away most from this book was how truly talented Dali was. The range of his styles, as well as his technical expertise, was incredible. Were he less talented, I'd think he was just a talker that was trying to distract his audience with Surrealist observations, but anyone who can paint so masterfully can say anything he wants, as far as I'm concerned. He's got the art chops to back it up.
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