Salvador Dalí

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Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) is best known for his unique and striking style with an extraordinary repertoire reaching out across film, painting, photography, and sculpture. Whilst his name may be most commonly associated with Surrealism, Dalí consummately displayed mastery over such broad genres as classical, modernist, and Cubist styles. A crucial figure in art history, Dalí has inspired countless literary works and this edifying Best Of volume gives readers a fascinating insight into the life and career highlights of one of art’s most controversial and exciting pioneers. Contents......Page 5 Introduction......Page 7 The Masterworks......Page 57 PORT OF CADAQUÉS AT NIGHT......Page 58 LANDSCAPE NEAR CADAQUÉS......Page 61 CUBIST SELF-PORTRAIT......Page 62 SATIRICAL COMPOSITION ('THE DANCE' BY MATISSE)......Page 65 PORTRAIT OF LUIS BUÑUEL......Page 66 FIGURE AT A WINDOW......Page 69 THE GIRL OF FIGUERES......Page 70 APPARATUS AND HAND......Page 73 BATHER......Page 74 THE WOUNDED BIRD......Page 76 THE SACRED HEART (SOMETIMESI SPIT WITH PLEASURE ON THEPORTRAIT OF MY MOTHER)......Page 77 THE FIRST DAYS OF SPRING......Page 78 PORTRAIT OF PAUL ÉLUARD......Page 81 THE GREAT MASTURBATOR......Page 82 THE ENIGMA OF DESIRE: MY MOTHER, MY MOTHER, MY MOTHER......Page 85 WILLIAM TELL......Page 86 INVISIBLE SLEEPING WOMAN, HORSE, LION......Page 89 PREMATURE OSSIFICATION OF ARAILWAY STATION......Page 90 SHADES OF NIGHTDESCENDING......Page 91 THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY......Page 92 THE DREAM......Page 95 PARTIAL HALLUCINATION.SIX APPARITIONS OF LENIN ONA GRAND PIANO......Page 96 SURREALIST ARCHITECTURE......Page 97 BIRTH OF LIQUID DESIRES......Page 98 PORTRAIT OF THE VICOMTESSE MARIE-LAURE DE NOAILLES......Page 101 THE ENIGMA OF WILLIAM TELL......Page 102 THE ARCHITECTONIC ANGELUS OF MILLET......Page 105 GALA AND THE ANGELUS OF MILLET PRECEDING THE IMMINENTARRIVAL OF THE CONIC ANAMORPHOSES......Page 106 ATAVISTIC VESTIGES AFTER THE RAIN......Page 109 WEANING OF FURNITURE NUTRITION......Page 110 THE FACE OF MAE WEST (USEABLE AS A SURREALIST APARTMENT)......Page 113 PORTRAIT OF GALA......Page 114 A COUPLE WITH THEIR HEADSFULL OF CLOUDS......Page 116 MORPHOLOGICAL ECHO......Page 117 THE PHARMACIST OF AMPURDÀ N IN SEARCH OFABSOLUTELY NOTHING......Page 119 SOFT CONSTRUCTION WITH BOILED BEANS –PREMONITION OF CIVIL WAR......Page 120 THE GREAT PARANOIAC......Page 123 VENUS DE MILO WITH DRAWERS......Page 124 THE ANTHROPOMORPHICCABINET......Page 125 METAMORPHOSIS OF NARCISSUS......Page 126 THE BURNING GIRAFFE......Page 129 SLEEP......Page 130 SWANS REFLECTING ELEPHANTS......Page 133 SOFA IN THE FORM OF MAEWEST' S LIPS......Page 134 LOBSTER TELEPHONE......Page 135 SPAIN......Page 136 IMPRESSIONS OF AFRICA......Page 139 APPARITION OF FACE AND FRUIT DISH ON A BEACH......Page 140 THE ENIGMA OF HITLER......Page 142 THE SUBLIME MOMENT......Page 143 THE SLAVE MARKET WITH THE DISAPPEARING BUST OF VOLTAIRE......Page 145 SOFT SELF-PORTRAIT WITHGRILLED BACON......Page 146 DESIGN FOR THE INTERIORDECORATION OF STABLE-LIBRARY......Page 148 THE SHEEP......Page 149 HELENA RUBINSTEINÊS HEAD EMERGING FROM A ROCKY CLIFF......Page 151 DREAM CAUSED BY THE FLIGHT OF A BEE AROUND APOMEGRANATE ONE SECOND BEFORE AWAKENING......Page 152 THE APOTHEOSIS OF HOMER......Page 155 PORTRAIT OF ISABEL STYLER-TAS......Page 156 THE TEMPTATION OF ST ANTHONY......Page 159 PORTRAIT OF PICASSO......Page 160 LEDA ATOMICA......Page 163 THE MADONNA OF PORT LLIGAT......Page 164 CHRIST OF ST JOHN OF THE CROSS......Page 167 EXPLODING RAPHAELESQUE HEAD......Page 168 THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES......Page 171 YOUNG VIRGIN AUTOSODOMISED BY HER OWN CHASTITY......Page 172 THE SACRAMENT OF THE LAST SUPPER......Page 175 PORTRAIT OF SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER IN THE ROLE OFKING RICHARD III......Page 176 UNSTILL STILL LIFE......Page 179 SANTIAGO EL GRANDE......Page 180 THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS......Page 183 PORTRAIT OF MY DEAD BROTHER......Page 184 HERCULES LIFTS THE SKIN OF THE SEA AND STOPS VENUS FOR ANINSTANT FROM WAKING LOVE......Page 187 FIFTY ABSTRACT PAINTINGSWHICH AS SEEN FROMTWO YARDS CHANGE INTOTHREE LENINS MASQUERADINGAS CHINESE AND AS SEENFROM SIX YARDS APPEAR ASTHE HEAD OF AROYAL BENGAL TIGER......Page 188 THE PERPIGNAN RAILWAYSTATION......Page 189 THE HALLUCINOGENIC TOREADOR......Page 190 THE SWALLOW' S TAIL (SERIES ON CATASTROPHES)......Page 193 Selected Bibliography......Page 194 Chronology......Page 195 List of Illustrations......Page 198