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Author : Paul Moorhouse
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781614289760

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Salvador Dalí: The Impossible Collection by Paul Moorhouse Pdf

In the popular imagination, possibly no other artist’s work is more recognizable than that of Salvador Dalí. Indeed, for many he is the ultimate mad artist, whose singular vision remorselessly probed his own psychological depths. His nightmarish visions and bizarre landscapes express the angst and turbulence of the twentieth century. Dalí’s creativity embraced many different modes of expression and was never constrained by any one style. Over eight decades, the prodigious range of Dalí’s activity spanned every conceivable medium, from painting and drawing to sculpture, film, furniture, books, stage design and jewelry, not to mention his highly eccentric public persona, which could be considered an art form in itself.

Author : Gilles Neret
Publisher : Thunder Bay Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Artists
ISBN : 1571450963

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Dali by Gilles Neret Pdf

Author : Rachel Pollack
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UCSD:31822001278639

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Salvador Dali's Tarot by Rachel Pollack Pdf

Author : Jackie De Burca
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780711239432

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Salvador Dali at Home by Jackie De Burca Pdf

Salvador Dalí at Home explores the influence of Catalan culture and tradition, Dalí's home life and the places he lived, on his life and work. Fully illustrated with over 130 illustrations of his famous work, as well as lesser known pieces, archive imagery, contemporary landscapes and personal photographs, the book provides uniquely accessible insight into the people and places that shaped this iconic artist and how the homes and landscapes of his life relate to his work.

Author : Dawn Ades,Salvador Dalí
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : 050020280X

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Dali by Dawn Ades,Salvador Dalí Pdf

Salvador Dali is perhaps the most universally famous and popular twentieth-century artist. What accounts for this popularity? Is it his excellence as an artist? The accessibility of his imagery? Or his genius as a self-publicist? In a searching text, completely revised and updated in this edition to incorporate new information that has come to light since Dali's death in 1989, Dawn Ades considers some of the puzzling questions raised by the Dali phenomenon. His early years, the development of his technique and style, his relationship with the Surrealists, his exploitation of Freudian ideas, and the image which Dali created of himself as the mad genius artist are all explored in this brilliant and thought provoking study.

Author : Christopher Heath Brown,Jean-Pierre Isbouts
Publisher : Apollo Publishers
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781948062671

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The Dali Legacy by Christopher Heath Brown,Jean-Pierre Isbouts Pdf

This immersive dive into the life and work of Salvador Dali unlocks the secret of this creative genius and reveals for the first time how his erotically charged paintings changed the world of modern art. In turns beloved and reviled, twentieth-century painter, filmmaker, and designer Salvador Dali set Europe and the United States ablaze with his uncompromising genius, sexual sadism, and flirtations with megalomania. His shocking behavior and work frequently alienated critics; his views were so outrageous, even prominent Surrealists tried to ostracize him. Still, every morning he experienced “an exquisite joy—the joy of being Salvador Dalí,” and because of his remarkable talent, Dali rose to unprecedented levels of fame—forever shifting the landscape of the art world and the nature of celebrity itself. In this stunning volume, rich with more than 150 full-color images, noted art historians Jean-Pierre Isbouts and Christopher Heath Brown discuss the historical, social, and political conditions that shaped Dali's work, identify the impact of modern as well as old master art, and present an unflinching view of the master's personal relationships and motivations. With their deeply compelling narrative, Isbouts and Brown uncover how Dalí's visual wit and enduring cult of personality still impacts fashion, literature, and art, from Andy Warhol to Lady Gaga, and answer why, in an age of shock and awe, Dali's art still manages to distress, perplex, and entertain. An unparalleled guide to Dali and a critical resource for anyone keen to understand the development of modern art, The Dali Legacy is complemented by a contextualizing foreword from Frank Hunter, director of the Salvador Dali Archives.

Author : Salvador Dali
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780486319841

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The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí by Salvador Dali Pdf

This startling early autobiography takes Dalí through his late 30s and "communicates the...total picture of himself (Dalí) sets out to portray" — Books. Superbly illustrated with over 80 photographs and scores of drawings.

Author : Salvador Dali
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780486319803

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50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship by Salvador Dali Pdf

Sensible artistic advice and lively personal anecdotes in rare important work by famed Surrealist. Filled with Dali's outrageous egotism and unconventional humor, insights into modern art and his own drawings in the margins.

Author : Salvador Dalí
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Wine and wine making
ISBN : UCSD:31822023207061

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Dali by Salvador Dalí Pdf

Author : Amy Guglielmo
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781984816597

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Just Being Dalí by Amy Guglielmo Pdf

This kid-friendly picture book biography celebrates the irrepressible individuality of Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. Salvador Dalí just couldn't help being himself. When he was little, he wasn't like the other children; he was a daydreamer who liked to play pretend. When he grew up, he became an artist, but he didn't want to make art that looked like everyone else's. He became the most famous painter of his time after he made a picture of melting clocks. He liked to do wild, attention-grabbing things: He drove a fancy car stuffed with 1,000 pounds of cauliflower. He gave a speech inside a deep-sea diving suit. And he took his pet ocelot Babou to lunch at snooty restaurants. He designed lollipop wrappers in exchange for free candy, a lobster phone that really worked, and a hat made out of a shoe! Here's the true story of the one and only Salvador Dalí, an artist who never stopped being himself.

Author : Elliott H. King
Publisher : Oldcastle Books
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781842433768

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Dalí, Surrealism and Cinema by Elliott H. King Pdf

Salvador Dali is one of the most widely recognised and most controversial artists of the twentieth century. He was also an avant-garde filmmaker -- collaborating with such giants as Luis Bunuel, Walt Disney and Alfred Hitchcock -- though the impetus and endurance of his fascination with film has rarely been given the attention it merits. King surveys the full range of Dali's eccentric activities with(in) the cinema. Influenced by the Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton and Stanley Kubrick, Dali used the cinema to bring the 'dream subjects' of his paintings to life, providing the groundwork for revolutionary forays into television, video, photography and holography. Dali's writings continue to be relevant to discourses surrounding film and surrealism, and his embrace of academic technique partnered with contemporary technology and pop culture is a paradox still relevant today. From a movie-going experience that would incorporate all five senses to the tale of a woman's hapless love affair with a wheelbarrow, Dali's hallucinatory vision never fails to leave its indelible mark.

Author : Stan Lauryssens
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429986601

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Dali & I by Stan Lauryssens Pdf

An extraordinary memoir of fortune, fraud, and the master of modern art Art dealer Stan Lauryssens made millions in modern art, but he sold only one name: Salvador Dalí. The surrealist painter's work was a hot commodity for the newly rich, investors, and shady businessmen looking to launder their black-market cash. Stan didn't mind looking the other way; he just hoped the buyers would look the other way as well. The artworks he sold came from some very questionable sources, but he soon discovered that the shadiest source of all was Dalí himself. The more successful Stan became, the closer he came to Dalí, until he found himself living next door to the aging artist, in the Catalonian hills. While hiding from Interpol's detectives, Stan spent his time with the artists, musicians, business associates, and eccentrics who surrounded Dalí. He learned about Dalí's secret history, the studio of artists who produced his work, and the moneymaking machine that kept Dalí's extravagant lifestyle afloat long after his creativity began to flounder. Dalí & I offers a behind-the-scenes view of the commerce and conspiracy that go hand in hand in the international art world, written by a man who has been to the top only to discover that it's not so different from the bottom.

Author : Salvador Dalí,Elliott H. King,David A. Brennan,William Jeffett,Montserrat Aguer,Charles Hine
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215392122

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Salvador Dalí by Salvador Dalí,Elliott H. King,David A. Brennan,William Jeffett,Montserrat Aguer,Charles Hine Pdf

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Salvador Dali: the late work, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia August 7, 2010-January 9, 2011"--Colophon.

Author : Adam G. Klein
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781599283517

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Salvador Dali by Adam G. Klein Pdf

Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dalí was a controversial painter, sculptor, and filmmaker, as well as a jewelry, furniture, set, and costume designer. This biography highlights Dalí's childhood, education, art lessons and early Impressionist influence from Ramon Pitxot, work and friendship with filmmaker Luis Bunuel and poet Federico Garcia Lorca, exhibitions, married life, support of the Dali Theatre-Museum, and travels to the United States, France, and England, as well as his interest in optical illusions and his later work combining classical themes and modern science. Sidebars, a glossary, an index, and a phonetics section accompany easy-to-read text and full-color reproductions of Dalí's artwork, including Burning Giraffe, Swans Reflecting Elephants, The Persistence of Memory, Galatea of the Spheres, and Mae West's Lips Sofa.

Author : Clifford Thurlow,Carlos Lozano
Publisher : Maximilian Thurlow
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780953820504

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Sex, Surrealism, Dali and Me by Clifford Thurlow,Carlos Lozano Pdf