ARTS 106 :ASSIGNMENT

Shubham Shukla ROLLNO:13690

A Small collection of paintings made by SALVADOR DALI.

10/22/2013

Salvador Dal

This painting is Dal's interpretation of the Greek myth of Narcissus Narcissus was a youth of great beauty who loved only himself and broke the hearts of many lovers. The gods punished him by letting him see his own reflection in a pool. He fell in love with it, but discovered he could not embrace it and died of frustration. Relenting, the gods

immortalised him as the narcissus (daffodil) flower. For this picture Dal used a meticulous technique which he described as 'hand-painted colour photography' to depict with hallucinatory effect the transformation of Narcissus, kneeling in the pool, into the hand holding the egg and flower. Narcissus as he was before his transformation is seen posing in the background. The play with 'double images' sprang from Dal's fascination with hallucination and delusion.

APPARITION OF FACE

Another masterpiece from Dali. If you look more carefully, you can see a lot of hidden objects in this painting. A face, 2 dogs, fruits, wine glass, a woman, a child Just keep looking. This work will amaze you.

STILL LIFE MOVING FAST

Dali perfectly rendered many traditional still life objects in this work. Shadows fall according to natures intent, light gleams from the metal knife blade, and a glass bottle refracts light in a realistic manner.

THE INVISIBLE MAN

It was the first painting in which Dal used double images. In this case a new image is formed from other objects, like was done by Milan painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY

This is one of the best. After entertaining guests in the evening, Dal sat at the table looking upon the soft, half melted Camembert cheese. Suddenly the idea of melting watches came to him and he immediately got to work.

THE FACE OF WAR

He is obsessed with death and it appears as the face of war or, more seductively, in the shape of female bodies. The props he designed for the film Moontide were so horrifying that they were rejected because the technician refused to build them.