
Dalí
Between dream, delusion, and pictorial divinityBy Eric ShanesLength4h 39m
About this audiobook
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) is best known for his unique and striking style with an extraordinary repertoire reaching out across film, painting, photography, and sculpture. Whilst his name may be most commonly associated with Surrealism, Dalí consummately displayed mastery over such broad genres as classical, modernist, and Cubist styles. A crucial figure in art history, Dalí has inspired countless literary works and this edifying Best Of volume gives readers a fascinating insight into the life and career highlights of one of art's most controversial and exciting pioneers.
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GenreOther
Length4 hrs 39 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 12, 2014
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Self-Portrait with the Neck of Raphael, 1921.
3Introduction
4Jean-François Millet (1814-1875), The Angelus, 1857-1859.
5Angelus, c. 1932.
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6Portrait of Maria Carbona, 1925.
7Penya-Segats (Woman by the Cliffs), 1926.
8The Spectral Cow, 1928.
9Eggs on the Plate without the Plate, 1932.
10Surrealist Horse – Woman-Horse, 1933.
11Gradiva, 1933.
12Geological Destiny, 1933.
13Portrait of Gala with Two Lamb Chops Balanced on Her Shoulder, 1933.
14Cover Design for Minotaure No. 8, 1936.
15Hats Designed for Elsa Schiaparelli, 1936.
16Three Young Surrealist Women Holding in Their Arms the Skin of an Orchestra, 1936.
17Night and Day Clothes of the Body, 1936.
18Singularities, 1937.
19Debris of an Automobile Giving Birth to a Blind Horse Biting a Telephone, 1938.
20Honey is Sweeter than Blood, 1941.
21Poetry of America, 1943.
22Tristan and Isolde (design for the ballet Mad Tristan), 1944.
23The Eye (design for Spellbound), 1945.
24My Wife, Nude, Contemplating Her Own Flesh Becoming Stairs, Three Vertebrae of a Column, Sky and Architecture, 1945.
25Napoleon’s Nose, Transformed into a Pregnant Woman, Walking His Shadow with Melancholia Amongst Original Ruins, 1945.
26Dematerialization Near the Nose of Nero, 1947.
27The Angel of Port Lligat, 1952.
28The Maximum Speed of Raphael’s Madonna, 1954.
29Tuna Fishing, 1967.
30Mad Mad Mad Minerva, 1968.
31Wind Palace, 1972.
32Dali Seen from the Back Painting Gala from the Back Eternalized by Six Virtual Corneas Provisionally Reflected in Six Real Mirrors (unfinished), 1972-1973.
33Gala’s Castle at Púbol, 1973.
34Wounded Soft Watch, 1974.
35Equestrian Portrait of Carmen Bordiu-Franco, 1974.
36Soft Skulls with Fried Egg without the Plate, Angels, and Soft Watch in an Angelic Landscape, 1977.
37The Masterworks
38Port of Cadaqués at Night, c. 1918
39Landscape near Cadaqués, 1920-1921
40Cubist Self-Portrait, 1923
41Satirical Composition (‘The Dance’ by Matisse), 1923
42Portrait of Luis Buñuel, 1924
43Figure at a Window, 1925
44The Girl of Figueres, 1926
45Apparatus and Hand, 1927
46Unsatisfied Desires, 1928
47Bather, 1928
48The Wounded Bird, 1928
49The Sacred Heart (Sometimes I Spit with Pleasure on the Portrait of My Mother), 1929
50The First Days of Spring, 1929