The Dalí legacy : how an eccentric genius changed the art world and created a lasting legacy / Christopher Heath Brown and Jean-Pierre Isbouts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Christopher Heath, author.

Isbouts, Jean-Pierre, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989--Criticism and interpretation.

Dalí, Salvador.

Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989.

Painters--Spain--Biography.

Painters.

Criticism and interpretation.

Spain.

Artists--Spain--Biography.

Artists.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Art criticism.

Physical Description:

327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Dalí legacy

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : Apollo Publishers, [2021]

Summary:

"In turns beloved and reviled, twentieth century art, painter, filmmaker, and designer Salvador Dalí set Europe and the United States ablaze with his uncompromising genius, sexual sadism, and flirtations with megalomania. His shocking behavior and work frequently alienated critics; his views were so outrageous, even prominent Surrealists tried to ostracize him. Still, every morning he experienced “an exquisite joy-the joy of being Salvador Dalí,” and, through a remarkable talent that invited bewilderment, anger, and adoration, rose to unprecedented levels of fame-forever shifting the landscape of the art world and the nature of celebrity itself. In this stunning volume, rich with more than 150 full-color images, noted art historians Jean-Pierre Isbouts and Christopher Heath Brown discuss the historical, social, and political conditions that shaped Dalí's work, identify the impact of Modern as well as Old Master art, and present an unflinching view of the master's personal relationships and motivations. With their deeply compelling narrative, Isbouts and Brown uncover how Dalí's visual wit and enduring cult of personality still impacts fashion, literature, and art, from Andy Warhol to Lady Gaga, and seeks to answer why, in an age of shock and awe, Dalí's art still manages to distress, perplex, and entertain." -- Page two of jacket cover.

Contents:

Foreword / by Frank Hunter, Director of the Salvador Dalí Archives

Introduction

Beginnings

The early years : 1922-1926

The years in the wilderness : 1926-1929

The persistence of memory : 1929-1934

New horizons : 1934-1945

The atomic era : 1945-1955

The mystic universe : 1955-1960

A return to the past : 1960-1968

The later years : 1968-1989

Epilogue

Essays: A new interpretation of "The persistence of memory" ; Illusion and meaning in Dalí's "The skull of Zurbarán"

Timeline of the life and art of Salvador Dalí.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-316).

ISBN:

9781948062664

1948062666

OCLC:

1242046132