From politics to religion, psychology to nuclear physics, learn how
Dalí's work embraces nearly every major historic development of the
twentieth century.
Although Salvador Dalí's characteristically provocative behavior and
bizarre pictorial language made him an outlier in high society, his body
of work reflects his century's most important innovations and concerns.
This introduction to Dalí's work features dozens of exquisite
reproductions as it traces the artist's development, life and career.
Readers will learn how he was influenced by contemporaries Miró, Ernst,
and de Chirico as well as by Raphael and Gaudí. It explores his early
adoption of Surrealism, his fascination with the subconscious, and his
antipathy toward war. It illustrates how Dalí's return to the Catholic
church and his interest in nuclear and atomic physics was manifested in
his paintings; how he experimented in film and, later, even created
holograms.
By making Dalí's often perplexing art accessible to audiences of every
level, this engaging introduction helps readers understand why he
remains one of the most influential--and imitated--artists of all time.
