Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989 : conquest of the irrational
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- ISBN: 9783836560009
- ISBN: 3836560003
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95 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm. - Publisher: Köln : Taschen GmbH, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
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Formatted Contents Note: | How to become a genius -- The trial of love -- The triumph of Avida Dollars -- Hallucinations or scientific visions -- Salvador Dali 1904-1989 life and work. |
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Subject: | Dalí, Salvador 1904-1989 Criticism and interpretation Surrealism Spain Painters Spain Biography |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | ND 813 .D3 N47 2017 | 30775305543747 | General Collection | Available | - |
Summary
DalÃ
Painter, sculptor, writer, filmmaker, and all-round showman Salvador Dalà (1904-1989) was one of the 20th century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics. One of the first artists to apply the insights of Freudian psychoanalysis to art, he is celebrated in particular for his surrealist practice, with such conceits as the soft watches or the lobster telephone, now hallmarks of the surrealist enterprise, and of modernism in general. Dalà frequently described his paintings as "hand-painted dream photographs." Their tantalizing tension and interest resides in the precise rendering of bizarre elements and incongruous arrangements. As Dalà himself explained, he painted with "the most imperialist fury of precision," but only "to systematize confusion and thus to help discredit completely the world of reality." Revolutionizing the role of the artist, the mustache-twirling Dalà also had the intuition to parade a controversial persona in the public arena and, through printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, and film, to create work that could be consumed and not just contemplated on a gallery wall. This book explores both the painting and the personality of DalÃ, introducing his technical skill as well as his provocative compositions and challenging themes of death, decay, and eroticism.