Charles River Editors
ASIN: B010EQ82KY
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 56
*Includes pictures*Includes Dali's quotes about his life and art*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.” – Salvador DaliIn his review of Salvador Dali’s first autobiography, George Orwell declared that “One ought to be able to hold in one’s head simultaneously the two facts that Dali is a good draughtsman and a disgusting human being.” Whether or not one agrees with the famous author’s assessment, Orwell captures the polarizing nature of Salvador Dali, and the extent to which his undeniable technical virtuosity often brushed against his penchant for provoking his audiences (not to mention provoking long-entrenched standards of “proper” taste). Dali, after all, was unafraid to eschew Renaissance perspective, thereby incorporating often ...