The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (638 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00CRW605S |
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| Number of Pages | : | 550 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Let us salute this unique genius." -- JG Ballard . “Dali’s paintings reveal in the most powerful form the basic elements of the Surrealist imagination: a series of equations for dealing with the extraordinary transformations of our age
Not the book in the photo The book itself is great. My disappointment is that the book I received is not the one in the photo. I know, I knowbook by its cover but the book in the photo has much more bookshelf character.. Solo Artist said Wow!. I thought I liked Salvador Dali before I read this book, but now I think I love him! I wish more artists would have written their own biographies. This book is very personal and filled with crazy anecdotes that you won't believe but know really happened because Dali was really that crazy! It is like trying to describe a dream, a dream you feel a spectator to yet are the center of attention at the same time. Dali's words will have you wondering if you actually are still dreaming.. Runner Up said Personal Dali. This really is a treasure. I won't spoil the book. Just read it if you love Salvador Dali, one of the best Spanish painters since Goya!
For anyone interested in 20th-century art and one of its most gifted and charismatic figures, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí is must reading.. It is superbly illustrated with over 80 photographs of Dalí and his works, and scores of Dalí drawings and sketches. Here is the mind that could envision and create with great technical virtuosity images of serene Raphaelesque beauty one moment and nightmarish landscapes of soft watches, burning giraffes, and fly-covered carcasses the next. As a whole, he commu