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1) Dalí
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33 pages, 91 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
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English
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195 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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English
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"This book focuses on a central but relatively unexamined aspect of the work of Salvador Dali: his fascination with optical effects and visual perception. The book examines Dali's use of various pictorial techniques, photography, and holograms to further his exploration of visual perception and the ways that optical illusion affects our sense of reality." "This book is the catalogue for an exhibition at the Wardsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford,...
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An extraordinary memoir of fortune, fraud, and the master of modern art.
Art dealer Stan Lauryssens made millions in modern art, but he sold only one name: Salvador Dalí. The surrealist painter's work was a hot commodity for the newly rich, investors, and shady businessmen looking to launder their black-market cash. Stan didn't mind looking the other way; he just hoped the buyers would look the other way as well. The artworks he sold came from some...
12) Little ashes
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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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1922. As Madrid wavers on the edge of social change, Salvador Dalí arrives at the renowned School of Fine Arts and is immediately drawn into the decadent lifestyle of Federico García Lorca and Luis Buñuel. But as the three explore the art world together, a forbidden attraction develops which changes their lives forever.
13) Dalí
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159 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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English
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Genius, eccentric, exhibitionist: There is no shortage of adjectives to describe the great surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 1989). Yet this iconic artist and controversial thinker remains a figure shrouded in mystery. Plunging into the Spanish painter's unbridled, fantastical universe, graphic novelist Edmond Baudoin takes us on the trail of a man known as much for his talent for self-promotion as for his bold and extraordinary work. He emerges...
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779 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
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English
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Exploring Dalí's grandiose and grotesque oeuvre Picasso called Dalí "an outboard motor that's always running." Dalí thought himself a genius with a right to indulge in whatever lunacy popped into his head. Painter, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker, Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) was one of the century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics and was rewarded with fierce controversy wherever he went. He was one of the first to apply the insights of Sigmund...
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