Dalí

by Dawn Ades

Overview

This authoritative account of the life and work of Salvador Dalí, one of the most recognizable artists of the twentieth century, is revised and updated with color illustrations throughout.

In this revised and updated edition of art historian Dawn Ades’s seminal study of Salvador Dalí, based on interviews with the artist, Ades examines what accounts for Dalí’s popularity, exploring such issues as the accessibility of his imagery and his talent as a self-publicist. This book reconsiders the Dalí phenomenon, from his early years and the development of his technique and style to his relationship with the surrealists, his exploitation of Freudian ideas, and the image that he created of himself as the mad genius artist.

This new edition of Dalí is an accessible and vibrantly illustrated introduction to one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780500204764
Publisher:	Thames & Hudson
Publication date:	06/07/2022
Series:	World of Art
Edition description:	Third
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	643,136
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dawn Ades is a professor emerita of the history and theory of art at the University of Essex. She has written extensively on Dada, Surrealism, photography, and women artists, among other topics. Her many books also include Dalí and, with Neil Cox and David Hopkins, Marcel Duchamp, both in the World of Art series.

Table of Contents

Preface 6

Chronology 9

Chapter 1 Early Years 14

Chapter 2 Dalí and Lorca 49

Chapter 3 Dalí, the Catalan Avant-Garde and Anti-Art 69

Chapter 4 Un Chien Andalou 85

Chapter 5 Dalí, Surrealism, Documents and Freud 94

Chapter 6 Painting and the Paranoiac-Critical Method 130

Chapter 7 Dalí's Mythologies 161

Chapter 8 The Surrealist Object, Installations and the Stage 184

Chapter 9 Dalí and the Cinema 210

Chapter 10 Leaving Surrealism 229

Chapter 11 History, Tradition and War 245

Chapter 12 Dalí's Post-War Painting 260

Select Bibliography and Sources 289

List of Illustrations 292

Index 300