This book offers an introduction to the life and art of Salvador Dalí, exploring his development within the Surrealist movement and his fiercely independent spirit. It argues that Dalí’s paintings from the early 1930s, born from his paranoiac-critical method, represent the most original period of his working life, creating powerful hallucinatory works that express his personal obsessions.
The book highlights Dalí's exceptional skill as a draftsman, capable of rendering the wildest excesses of his fertile imagination with a technique learned from the old masters. From the melting watches of *The Persistence of Memory* to the iconic *Christ of St John of the Cross*, the book examines 60 of his most representative works, with detailed commentaries that elucidate their complex imagery.
Used (good, see images, ex library, rear cover sticker, front cover sticker, and some initial pages marking) Softcover ISBN 1856486117
