Dalí (Taschen Basic Art Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (582 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3836560003 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Five Stars Beautiful book. Recommend the book. Amazon Customer After reading "The Secret Life of Salvador Dali," this book was more acceptable to read and learn about him as an artist. Regardless of his big ego etc., he was an excellent surrealist painter. The book has good glossy photographs of his paintings along with explanations about them.. lynn gray said Five Stars. Perfect gift for someone special
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.Dalí 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 Dalí 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 Dalí 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 Dalí,
His TASCHEN titles include Salvador Dalí: The Paintings, Matisse, and Erotica Universalis. He organized several art retrospectives in Japan and founded the SEIBU museum and the Wildenstein Gallery in Tokyo. Gilles Néret (1933–2005) was an art historian, journalist, writer and museum correspondent. He directed art reviews such as L'Œil and Connaissance des Arts and received the Elie Faure Prize in 1981 f
He organized several art retrospectives in Japan and founded the SEIBU museum and the Wildenstein Gallery in Tokyo. About the Author Gilles Néret (1933–2005) was an art historian, journalist, writer and museum correspondent. He directed art reviews such as L'Œil and Connaissance des Arts and received the Elie Faure Prize in 1981 for his publications. His TASCHEN titles include Salvador Dalí: The Paintings, Matisse, and Erotica Universalis.