| Salvador Dalí Contributor(s): Caws, Mary Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 1861893833 ISBN-13: 9781861893833 Publisher: Reaktion Books OUR PRICE: $21.78 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | European - Art | History - General |
| Dewey: 759 |
| Series: Critical Lives (Reaktion Books) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.66 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure--that of being Salvador Dal ."He was a force unto himself, an icon of outrageousness, artistic brilliance, eccentricity, and unmistakable style. Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dal y Dom nech, Marquis of Pubol, was one of the foremost artists of the twentieth century, and in this concise narrative acclaimed art historian Mary Ann Caws provides a sharply written survey of his life and work.Salvador Dal examines every twist and turn in Dal 's long and multifaceted career and the pivotal artistic movements at whose center he stood. From his early life in the Catalan region and his expulsions from the School of Fine Arts in Madrid and other schools to the surrealist movement and his work with Bu uel on the films Un chein andalou and L' ge d'or, Caws charts Dal 's influences and creative process. Dal 's turbulent personal life brought him in contact with a rich assortment of intellectual figures, and Caws considers his relationships with his family; his lovers, including the married Elena Diakonova; and with friends such as poet Federico Garcia Lorca. His writings, drawings, photography, and painted works offer up new clues about the artist under Caws's incisive eye, as she analyzes his lesser-known writings and creative works, as well as his Surrealist paintings and "hand-painted dream photographs" such as The Persistence of Memory. A masterfully written biographical study, Salvador Dal paints an arresting portrait of one of the most elusive artists of our time. |
Contributor Bio(s): Caws, Mary Ann: - Mary Ann Caws is distinguished professor emerita of English, French, and comparative literature and resident professor in the Graduate School at the City University of New York. She is the author of many books on art and literature, including, Picasso's Weeping Woman: The Life and Art of Dora Maar, Virginia Woolf: Illustrated Life, Marcel Proust: Illustrated Life, Robert Motherwell with Pen and Brush, and Pablo Picasso. |