{"product_id":"dali-taschen","title":"Dalí","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e96 Pages | Hardcover \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionPanel___wCiv7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panelContent___B_vGb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFrom soft watches to burning giraffes, this book celebrates the fantastical world and flamboyant personality of Salvador Dalí, one of the most visionary and prolific artists of the 20th century. In equal parts eccentric, and technically skilled, Dalí’s provocative work, and his controversial persona, revolutionized the concept of the artist. A must-have exploration of the world’s favorite mustache-twirler.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePainter, sculptor, writer, filmmaker, and all-round showman\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSalvador Dalí\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(1904–1989) was one of the\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e20th century’s greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics\u003c\/strong\u003e. One of the first artists to apply the insights of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFreudian psychoanalysis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto art, he is celebrated in particular for his surrealist practice, with such conceits as the\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esoft watches\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003elobster telephone\u003c\/strong\u003e, now hallmarks of the surrealist enterprise, and of modernism in general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDalí frequently described his paintings as “hand-painted dream photographs.” Their tantalizing tension and interest resides in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eprecise rendering of bizarre elements\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand 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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRevolutionizing the role of the artist\u003c\/strong\u003e, the mustache-twirling Dalí also had the intuition to parade a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003econtroversial persona in the public arena\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eand, through printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, and film, to create work that could be consumed and not just contemplated on a gallery wall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores both the painting and the personality of Dalí, introducing his technical skill as well as his provocative compositions and challenging themes of death, decay, and eroticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"INGRAM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44459909415049,"sku":"9783836560009","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0376\/3057\/4729\/files\/9783836560009_5c149.jpg?v=1774117422","url":"https:\/\/thebookmarkpr.com\/products\/dali-taschen","provider":"The Bookmark Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}