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Almost half Dalí's illustrations in this book have rarely been seen
This publication presents the entire painted oeuvre of Salvador Dalí (1904-1989). After many years of research, Robert Descharnes and Gilles Néret finally located all the paintings of this highly prolific artist. Many of the works had been inaccessible for years - in fact so many that almost half the illustrations in this book have rarely been seen.
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Dali revealed.......2007-10-15
Dali (Mallard Fine Art Series) I have read this book cover to cover and enjoyed every word! Paul Moorhouse manages to give a great amount of information covering Dali's life, his contribution to Surrealism, hidden aspects of his personality, his thinking and preferences at different periods in his life, thus allowing the reader to enter the magical world of Dali. The paintings selected span Dali's lifetime and represent the major directions of his work at different points in his life. The explanation provided for each painting includes its symbolism, its relation to what the artist was going through personally at the time, as well as connections with the historical period and other influences. The only minus is the quality of the reproduction of a few of the paintings which is a bit disappointing. All in all a book I highly recommend.
Even better as a whole.......2006-02-04
The value of this book is in its 1600+ image reproductions. A few of them are photos of Dali or the people and places that inspired him. A very few show existing artworks to which Dali's creations responded. The overwhelming majority, however, display Dali's own paintings or the sketches related to them.
And the mass of imagery is overwhelming. The book traces Dali's output from his early, formative periods onwards. Although Dali was productive in the 1920s, his familiar style emerged in the 1930s and simply expanded for the next half-century. The chronological organization of this book lets us see Dali's art and personality develop. Among other things, we see how his sketching evolved from pen drawings early in his career to loose oil sketches later. This also seemed to complete some kind of cycle, from the relative crudity of his early work, to the crystalline finish of his best-known years, back to imprecision again, but with all of his mature expressiveness.
By its attempt at completeness, this presents aspects of Dali that other authors often ignore. For example, Dali was profoundly influenced by Catholic Christianity. Although his personal beliefs may be difficult to fathom, he produced some of the most beautiful images of Christ ever created.
Descharne's commentary supports the images well, but it's hard to read. I don't mean that the text is badly written - quite the opposite, it is very helpful, especially in biographical notes that describe Dali's life at the time of each work. Instead, I mean that my thoughts can't stay on the words for long when the pictures take such command of my attention.
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Every Painting he did is here.......2005-08-01
Every painting he did is here. They list the paintings in chrnological order. Each painting is titled and they describe some of the paintings throughout the book. In the back tehy list the size of the painting and what it was painted on if you want to know that stuff. Overall there are 1648 paintings or images. This book is great.
Art of Dali.......2004-03-22
I liked the book. The mix of explanations of the painting and his life was very descriptive. I learned a lot about his friends and famliy. The book just reminds me that in every genius there's a lunatic.
DALI at his best..................2004-02-21
After collecting, selling and trading Dali art works for more than 30 years, Mr. Robert Descharnes, one of Dali's past secretaries, has outdone himself in this magnificent book. Without a doubt it will become a collectors classic and a must for any serious Dali admirer. Well worth its price in gold!!!!!
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This startling early autobiography takes Dalí through his late 30s and "communicates the snobbishness, self-adoration, comedy, seriousness, fanaticism, in short the concept of life and the total picture of himself (Dalí) sets out to portray" — Books. Superbly illustrated with over 80 photographs and scores of Dalí drawings and sketches.
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Certainly Original.......2007-08-21
So original and bizarre, the first half of the book should be made into a movie.
A Struggle to get Through.......2007-07-31
the book had a little of everything. Salvador Dali can be an interesting writer, and some sections of the book demonstrate this. The early chapters of the book covering his childhood are difficult to trudge through between irrational events and memories and ones that seem plausible. It is not a very good autobiography for recording ones milestones, but I suppose it recorded things that appealed and became ingrained in Dali to become motifs in his art, such as crutches for instance. As the book progressed Dali's philosophy became a little more clear and the book a little more interesting, especially as he and his wife Gala visited America and the world was prepping for World War II. All in all, I would rather have read a straight forward Dali biography than his convoluted auto-biography. You have to be a very tolerant reader to put up episodes that are difficult to visualizse or understand and to keep asking yourself, "Is this true or is Dali dreaming it up?"
Fictitious? It Doesn't Matter... .......2006-05-21
I know Dali well enough to know that this book is largely embellishments and his imagination running wild. But it just doesn't matter because this book, like his art, is brilliant. The purpose of reading an autobiography is to learn about he author, and we do plenty of learning in this case. The parts about his childhood and his early love life are the best. The portions about his opportunistic wife are the dullest.
simply amazing!!! a true reading experience never to forget........2005-08-03
considering my obsession with dali, you readers may find that my comment will be somewhat biased...yes, this book is quite strange and exaggerated, but how and what would you expect dali ,this eccentric artist to write? when you read this book, you get the feel of dali...whether his narcissim or egotism, you do not have to take him too seriously...he loved to shock and contradict in his life time , and naturally that was his goal with this book...its quite amusing really! a book that in my opinion must be read by dali lovers or haters.
A mess.......2004-06-27
This is not Dali revealing honestly about himself, his work, his life: This is 400 pages of Dali promoting Dali, being Daliesc: which means shocking people. This book covers a time period from his birth to the outbreak of World War II, at which time he was mostly known for being a shocking surrealist, not necessarily as a great painter yet. The book is used more to promote himself to the public at that time in his style of the time (shocking, unexpected, deviant) rather than reveal the secrets of his work and style. Heavy heavy influence of Freud and psychoanalysis; the text becomes so introverted and self-analytical that it is almost unreadable much of the time. There is a 4 page discussion of a piece of mucus on a bathroom wall; one page about the painting The Persistence of Memory. Somewhere along the first or second chapter you learn something about how his style developed, in the rest of the book you learn that he has a huge ego and a nasty cruel streak, to the point where you really start to dislike him as a human. I have been to the Dali museum in Tampa, seen his works in other museums: He is a genius of a painter. This book is a waste of time unless you are truly truly die-hard. The reviewer who thought it was a comedy and laughed at every page has serious issues.
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Salvador Dalí is perhaps the most universally famous and popular artist of the twentieth century. On the occasion of the centenary of his birth comes the definitive retrospective of the artist's work from his early years. Dalí explores the development of the artist's technique and style, his relationship with the Surrealists, and his exploitation of Freudian ideas, as well as the image Dalí created of himself as the mad genius artist. This catalogue will be the major reference work for Dalí for decades to come. It includes illustrations of all the works loaned to the exhibition, as well as comparative illustrations and photographs.
The volume contains an introductory essay by Dawn Ades, with scholarly research incorporated in a "Dalí Dictionary," in the entries on individual works, and in the chronology, which includes a quantity of new material. The guide draws upon the best scholarship available on Dalí, including that of Hank Hine, Director of the Salvador Dalí Museum, Jennifer Mundy, Senior Curator of the Tate Museum, and Michael Taylor, Acting Chief Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Riding Dali's Roller-Coaster.......2005-02-23
As a college art major I developed a distaste for Dali and his art, even referring to him as a "pimp" in an essay. I was turned off by his commercialism and his overly-polished style. But over the years my opinion began to shift, and the major retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art has completely renovated my appreciation for the man and his art.
This huge and handsome tome is the catalogue for the Philly retrospective, and includes hundreds of color images along with insights into the thought behind the imagery. The book takes you through his youthful experiments in post-impressionism and cubism (there are a few works you'd swear were by Picasso!), into his affiliation with Surrealism, his development of his personal "paranoiac-critical" method, and his later interests in physics and conversion to Catholicism. The middle section of the book and exhibit includes hundreds of his best-known and most widely-admired paintings, but surprises abound in the early and later sections, with works most people never knew he created.
What struck me most in the show and the book was how thoroughly dedicated Dali was to his art, and how intellectually involved his work was. His draughtsmanship was also so acute as to defy belief. I realize now that I was sold so completely on his posture as an eccentric personality, that I lost sight of the power of his art. But this show and book reveal how truly special and significant Dali was as an artist, art theorist, and explorer of the hinterlands of the mind and soul.
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Not perfect but the best available on the topic: A must own f/ collectors.......2005-09-09
This book was long overdue. Granted, there is an earlier book published by Albert Field that attempted a catalogue raissonne but this one done with help from longtime Dali collaborator/confidant Robt. Descharnes is at least as good and perhaps better. If you are a Dali print collector you are doubtless familiar with the rumors of forgery and fraud surrounding much of Dali's print ouevre. If you are not, the introductory material in this book will help to bring you up to speed. Fortunately, most of the flim flam material is off-set lithography and doesn't actually come within the purview of this book which covers only Etchings and Mixed-Media prints from 1924-1980. In reality, this is the pithy meat of Dali's print work. It is were a collector will find the most expensive and desirable prints and it is also where it showcases Dali's mastery of the drawn line. The format of the book is an introductory discussion of Dali's print-making history and the evolution of his signature and choice of paper. (Interestingly, there is an illuminating discussion of a couple of his most important print editions, especially the 'Chants de Maldoror' that any serious collector must become familiar with). Then there is more than 100 pps of color plates that highlight a lot of his prints, and here is where I lodge my only complaint about the book and which, in my opinion, brings it down a notch. For, the color reproductions at times have a slight, very slight, grainy-fuzzy quality to them which speak of less than stellar Book-plate reproduction values. This is a shock because this is a Prestel publication printed and bound in Germany; other books from this publisher that I own are of extreme high quality. Following the many full page color reproductions is an approximately 130 pps. raissonne with extensive edition information including dates, edition sizes, printers, publishers and media. This is an excellent resource and also a beautiful, well-made art book even with the tiny demerit for less than perfect reproduction values, and a worthwhile purchase for people who collect prints, enjoy prints, and enjoy Dali's work in that order.
Lots of etchings.......2000-06-12
A comprehensive look at S. Dali's etchings, very nice.
Etchings abound.......2000-06-12
Comprehensive showing of Dali's etchings.
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With 101 Life magazine covers to his credit, Philippe Halsman (1906-1979) was one of the leading portrait photographers of his time. In addition to his distinguished career in photojournalism, Halsman was one of the great pioneers of experimental photography, motivated by a profound desire to push this youngest of art forms toward new frontiers by using innovative and unorthodox photographic techniques.
One of Halsman's favorite subjects was Salvarod Dali, the glittering and controversial painter and theorist with whom the photographer shared a unique friendship and extraordinary professional collaboration that spanned over thirty years. Whenever Dali imagined a photograph so strange that its production seemed impossible, Halsman tried to find the solution, and invariably succeeded.
As Halsman explains in his postface, Dali's Mustache is the fruit of this marriage of the minds. The jointly conceived and seemingly nonsensical questions and answers reveal the gleeful humor and assumed cynicism for which Dali is famous, while the marvelous and inspired images of Dali's mustache brilliantly display Halsman's consummate skill and extraordinary inventiveness as a photographer.
This combination of wit, absurdity, and the offhandedly profound is irresistible and has contributed to the enduring fascination inspired by this unique photographic interview, which has become a cult classic and valuable collector's item since its original publication in 1954. The present volume faithfully reproduces the first edition and will introduce a new generation to the irreverent humor and imaginative genius of two great artists.
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Salvador Dali: The Work the Man
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The Definitive Book on Dali.......2005-06-14
This book is a comprehensive collection of Dali's work, perhaps all of it. The pieces are chronologically ordered from his first childhood attempts to his final masterpieces. The colors in the pictures are as close as you can get in photo reproductions of his work, and many of the images are full page (and this is a big book). Some of the images have short comments about the painting in the captions. There are also photos of the artist at work and play. Biographical information on the influences that shaped this unusual character is also included. This book is a must have for any Dali fan. If you can't own one of his paintings, this is the next best thing.
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- Fascinating biography & autobiography
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Persistence of Memory: A Personal Biography of Salvador Dali
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Fascinating biography & autobiography.......2006-10-18
This is an account of the more than fifteen years Amanda Lear was a close friend of Salvador Dali and his formidable wife Gala. She met him in 1965 when she was an art student and model in Paris and soon became an intimate friend and confidante. She accompanied him and his wife on trips to Barcelona, Madrid, New York and Paris and spent every summer with Dali at his home in Cadaques in Catalonia.
He served as a mentor to her; travelling with him, Lear discovered the great museums of Europe, Parisian salons and restaurants, New York bohemia and his homeland, Spain. She met lots of interesting people, including Andy Warhol, while she knew people like Marianne Faithful, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Anita Pallenberg and David Bowie from her life in London.
She reveals the real nature of her relationship with Dali, describes his funny ways and the interesting characters around him with humor, and provides great insights into Dali's relationship with Gala. She is remarkably frank about her own sexual exploits and does not avoid the negative in her very honest accounts.
What make the narrative very interesting are the many references to the music, films and art of the late 1960's and the entire decade of the 70's, and her and Dali's many encounters with artists. I found Dali's political incorrectness and sense of humor very charming, and received a favorable impression of him, despite his many flaws.
Lear also writes in bits and pieces about her own musical career, but I wish she had elaborated. I was always mystified about why she became a huge star in Europe but never made it in her native UK, while in the US only had some success on the New York and LA disco scenes. She herself refers to her lack of success in the UK thus:
"All the major European cities wanted my show. Only the English remained immune to the effect of Amanda Lear. They preferred rock to disco, and `punk' was in full swing in England. Dali was fascinated by this new trend, which he pronounced `pounk.' He always loved anything extreme or revolutionary. Disco music left him cold. "
Well, this is not entirely correct - punk did create an uproar from around 1976 on, but disco dominated the charts in Britain from the mid to the late seventies as it did everywhere else.
The book contains lovely black and white photographs of Amanda with Dali of course and also with inter alia John Lennon, Yul Brynner, Brian Eno and David Bowie. It's a surprisingly moving and insightful autiobiographical/biographical exercise and I strongly recommend it to fans and scholars of Dali, the great genius of surrealism. Fans of Amanda will love the book. For those new to Amanda Lear, I recommend the albums "Sweet Revenge" and "The Collection" as excellent introductions to her work.
Persistence of friendship.......2005-12-13
This is at once the least informative and the personal favorite among biographies of Salvador Dalí. It's more Lear's personal memoir, covering the years before and beginning her musical career, but especially her friendship with this baffling genius.
That time includes the 60s and 70s, back when hippies still roamed in herds and when sex was safe. Dalí delighted in being the center of attention, and surrounded himself with hangers-on of many stripes. Amanda was an occasional artists' model, occasional lingerie model, occasional jet-setter, and occasional starving artist at the time she fell into his orbit. Among all of those who swung in, then away again, she had remarkable longevity - from the mature peak of his career, until the end of his life.
And what a life. Accompanying Dalí, she partied and did the clubs where she met David Hockney, Yul Brynner, Mapplethorpe, Hepburn, Bardot, Coco Chanel, and an endless stream of rich and famous on two continents. Then, she'd retire to her London flat where she and a room-mate barely covered the rent. She bedded David Bowie, one of the early Rolling Stones, millionaires, bullfighters, fans, and seemingly anyone else with a nice enough smile - though never Dalí. In fact, she became good friends with Gala, Dalí's mate, muse, mother-figure, model, and manager, as well as the central point of Dalí's universe (other than himself). That says a lot because Gala, in her role as gatekeeper between Dalí and reality, was not an easy woman to please.
Most of all, Lear was friend to Dalí, a difficult thing at best. Lear modeled for him, and occasionally acted as living decor when Dalí wanted to impress a guest. She was also companion in many ways. As surreal as his art, that's how surreal Dalí was in himself and in his relationships. I always felt that I was missing part of the story, but Lear seemed to miss it as well - maybe I didn't really miss anything.
It's a very personal story, as much Lear as Dalí and often cut loose from hard dates and places. That's what I like about it. The facts don't matter so much, and I imagine that the glow of nostalgia has at least tinted them. As with Dalí's art, though, literal truth seems secondary to vivid imagery. Lear brings that sense to this charming set of recollections.
//wiredweird
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- Dali - Salvador Dali Museum Collection
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Dali: The Salvador Dali Museum Collection
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Outrageous and enigmatic, Dal remains one of the twentieth centurys most popular artists. This book presents the complete paintings of the Salvador Dal Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, which houses the most comprehensive collection of Dals art in the world. It provides a unique overview of Dals career from his student days to his postwar fascination with history, science, and mysticism, and finally, his later, more cryptic works.
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Dali - Salvador Dali Museum Collection.......2007-01-11
This was the first time I had ever ordered anything from the web and I found Amazon's service to be very good, the item arrived within 10 days, well packaged. The item itself is of the best quality and I am very pleased with the service I received. Indeed I ordered another book recently which arrived within 48 hours. Full marks!
Dali on the Beach.......2006-06-24
On a recent family visit I had the great fortune to visit the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. This excellent book cataloguing the museum's collection then makes for a very nice souvenir, of course--but it easily stands outside of this immediate context as a fine art book in its own right.
The main feature of the book is definitely the 94 large, carefully reproduced color illustrations of Dali's paintings held by the museum. These range from some of his earliest works in the late 1910's to his large scale masterpiece "The Hallucinogenic Toreador" of 1969. I had never seen the earlier works before, and these show some of his first halting steps and experiments as an aspiring artist and the gradual evolution of his distinctive style. Among all 94 illustrations there is a good mix of famous classics you've seen a million times and lesser known gems that are equally intriguing. And each illustration comes with a commentary by Robert Lubar that clarifies the painting, its significance and symbolism, and its context and place within Dali's artistic development over the years with great eloquence without explaining the picture away.
Lubar's Introduction (with 9 interesting black & white illustrations) makes for a nice, brief overview of the artist's life and career, and the Biographical Chronology in the back includes several photographs of Dali through the years (including him with the founders of the museum). There are other useful tidbits too for the serious art historian and Dali specialist.
In short, even if you haven't been to the Dali Museum, this is an excellent coffee-table book of weird, whimsical, and wondrous surreal art by one of the twentieth century's greatest and most eccentric artists.
detailed informative book on the genius of art.......2005-12-07
i bought this book at the amazing salvador dali museum in st.petersburgh florida which i strongly recommend in itself.this the book of some of salvador dali's works on display at the museum is a detailed look into the life of the man and the myth. with each work is a detailed explanation describing their meanings and what dali was up to during the time of their production.i am grateful for having read this book as dali is my all-time favorite artist.with this book i've learned more about him and his works' meanings,in which i'm sure all of us have taken for granted.i knew that alot of dali's work is based upon sexuality but never knew before how freudian it all really is.the book explains dali's deep fascination with sigmund freud's writings and beliefs and they come out within his work.if you've never experienced THE man before and appreciate art than this is a good source.if you have the chance visit the salvador dali museum in st.pete,fl.with any look they will be showing the brilliant short film that dali made with another brilliant mind luis bunuel called,"Un Chien Andalou."
Delightfully Dali.......2001-03-03
If you have any space left on your coffee-table, this is the perfect art book for you! Rarely do you ever find a more complete presentation of Dali's works, both popular and private, in a single volume. This collection presents both the whimsy and the nightmares that are characteristic of his work, giving an accurate depiction of his range. If you thought Dali was just another haunted artist, the paintings in this book will reveal his gift for humor as well. Filled with insightful comments by Lubar, this book is a great compilation for anyone interested in Dali.
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