The Persistence Of Memory: A Biography Of Dali - Couverture souple

Etherington-smith, Meredith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0306806622 ISBN 13 : 9780306806629

Editeur : Da Capo Press, 1995

Synopsis

Surrealist painter, author, filmmaker, lecturer, performance artist, charlatan, genius, clown, Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) once asked himself, "Where does the deep and philosophical Dalí begin, and where does the loony and preposterous Dalí end?" This evenhanded but exacting biography, based on interviews, unpublished letters, and previously unavailable archives, explores the relationship between his eccentric life and the hallucinatory imagery of the paintings that, like the soft watches, have become twentieth-century icons. The author penetrates the artist's self-mythologizing facade to reveal the man behind the outrageous mustache and cryptic canvasses: his Catalan childhood; his relationships with Garcia Lorca, Bunuel, Breton, Picasso, Miro, de Chirico, Man Ray, Ernst, and Eluard; Dalí's fixations, phobias, and Surrealist pranks; and his bizarre marriage to Gala—muse, business manager, nymphomaniac, gold digger, and finally tormentor. With reproductions of sixteen Dalí paintings, The Persistence of Memory offers an unrivaled tour of the absurd and haunting landscape of Dalí's life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Meredith Etherington-Smith is the author of a biography of Jean Patou, the European editor of Town & Country, and the editor of Christie's International Magazine.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Da Capo Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0306806622
• ISBN 13: 9780306806629
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 510
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible