98. Title & Author: Salvador Dalí by Gilles Néret (93 pages)
Genre: Nonfiction--Art History
Completed: 16 June 2009
Summary & Review:
This book provides a look at the extensive career of Salvador Dalí, mainly following a chronological parth along the artist's life and work with numerous color reproductions of his paintings.
Many people don't know a lot about Dalí other than that he painted weird melting watches and was a surrealist, so this book gives a decent basic introduction to him and his...unique...work. I thought the book was well written and I really apppreciated all the color images, but in all honesty, Dalí is just not one of my favorite artists. I think he was a pioneer, and if he had only shied away from the excessive erotic, obscene, and scatological themes I could appreciate his art more because at times he has incredibly innovative and intriguing compositions like The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (The Dream of Christopher Columbus) of 1958-9 (below).
Rating: 5.0
5 comments:
I didn't know you started reading these art books :) Why did you start with this one?
It was the first one alphabetically! :)
Dali has never impressed me much either. I prefer Magritte when it comes to surrealist art. Dali always seemed like kind of a hack to me for some reason. Just being weird for weird's sake a lot of the time. But what do I know.
Love the blog!
I'm glad you appreciate Magritte more than Dali too! He has never gotten the same attention as Dali, even though I think he was much more deeply invested in Surrealism for what it really was.
I feel the same. I think Magritte's pieces are so much deeper into the surrealist beliefs. Not to mention he is a darn good painter. His technique is so good.
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