{"product_id":"dali-9783836560009","title":"Dali","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gilles Neret\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Movements - Modernism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePainter, sculptor, writer, filmmaker, and all-round showman \u003cstrong\u003eSalvador Dalí \u003c\/strong\u003e(1904-1989) was one of the\u003cstrong\u003e 20th century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics\u003c\/strong\u003e. One of the first artists to apply the insights of \u003cstrong\u003eFreudian psychoanalysis\u003c\/strong\u003e to art, he is celebrated in particular for his surrealist practice, with such conceits as the\u003cstrong\u003e soft watches\u003c\/strong\u003e or the \u003cstrong\u003elobster telephone\u003c\/strong\u003e, now hallmarks of the surrealist enterprise, and of modernism in general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dalí frequently described his paintings as \"hand-painted dream photographs.\" Their tantalizing tension and interest resides in the \u003cstrong\u003eprecise rendering of bizarre elements\u003c\/strong\u003e and 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 \u003cstrong\u003econtroversial persona in the public arena \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\u003e This 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","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44932579688599,"sku":"9783836560009","price":1351.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783836560009_0ee15c9d-3c88-4995-8a1e-9e71eb912b01.jpg?v=1734516525","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dali-9783836560009","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}