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The Secret Life of Salvador Dali (1943)

di Salvador Dalí

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Painter, designer, and filmmaker Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) was one of the most colorful and controversial figures in 20th-century art. A pioneer of Surrealism, he was both praised and reviled for the subconscious imagery he projected into his paintings, which he sometimes referred to as "hand-painted dream photographs." This early autobiography, which takes him through his late thirties, is as startling and unpredictable as his art. It is superbly illustrated with over 80 photographs of Dalí and his works, and scores of Dalí drawings and sketches. On its first publication, the reviewer of Books observed: "It is impossible not to admire this painter as writer. As a whole, he . . . communicates the snobbishness, self-adoration, comedy, seriousness, fanaticism, in short the concept of life and the total picture of himself he sets out to portray." Dalí's flamboyant self-portrait begins with his earliest recollections and ends at the pinnacle of his earliest successes. His tantalizing chapter titles and headnotes -- among them "Intra-Uterine Memories," "Apprenticeship to Glory," "Permanent Expulsion from the School of Fine Arts," "Dandyism and Prison," "I am Disowned by my Family," "My Participation and my Position in the Surrealist Revolution," and "Discovery of the Apparatus for Photographing Thought" -- only hint at the compelling revelations to come. Here are fascinating glimpses of the brilliant, ambitious, and relentlessly self-promoting artist who designed theater sets, shop interiors, and jewelry as readily as he made surrealistic paintings and films. Here is the mind that could envision and create with great technical virtuosity images of serene Raphaelesque beauty one moment and nightmarish landscapes of soft watches, burning giraffes, and fly-covered carcasses the next. For anyone interested in 20th-century art and one of its most gifted and charismatic figures, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí is must reading.… (altro)
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One look at Dalai's paintings and you can see that he sees things in a different way. It also becomes clear in his auto biography that he sees things in a different way. But while at times I admired his absolute genius, in writing, his absolute sense of being a genius at times became a bit tiresome.Despite being an amazing man and an artistic genius, in his autobiography, he comes off as being a little bit too full of himself. But overall, a fascinating read.Dali was and still is amazing ! ( )
  kevinkevbo | Jul 14, 2023 |
I learned from the first couple of chapters that the less I know about Dali, the better. I couldn't stomach the rampant narcissism and psychopathic behavior. I usually like learning more about an artist and contextualizing it with their work, but I'll pass on Dali, thanks. ( )
  shatomica | Oct 16, 2022 |
This early autobiography, which takes Dalí through his late thirties, is as startling and unpredictable as his art. On its first publication, the reviewer of Books observed: "It is impossible not to admire this painter as writer ... (Dalí) succeeds in doing exactly what he sets out to do ... communicates the snobbishness, self-adoration, comedy, seriousness, fanaticism, in short the concept of life and the total picture of himself he sets out to portray." Superbly illustrated with over eighty photographs of Dalí and his works, and scores of Dalí drawings and sketches.
  Gabriyella | Jan 24, 2022 |
1994 Museu Dalí, Figueres
  sllorens | Dec 9, 2021 |
You may be thinking - Dali wrote an autiobiography? In fact he wrote multiple, and at least this one is as bizarre as his paintings. You get the sense that he observed certain qualities in the world, interpreted them through his own particular lens, and these transliterated those qualities onto the canvas. If you are intrigued by his art, you will be intrigued by his autobiography. It is about as compelling, but probably not as deep. I loved parts of it and scratched my head at other parts. You could spend years studying this fellow. I spent a few months giving some of his paintings serious study. I can't say I came away profoundly moved by this book in particular, but I did get the feeling that I was getting to know the artist a little more personally. ( )
  LSPopovich | Apr 8, 2020 |
"flagrantly dishonest"

"his autobiography is simply a strip-tease act conducted in pink limelight"

"If it were possible for a book to give a physical stink off its pages, this one would"

"the two facts that Dalí is a good draughtsman and a disgusting human being"
aggiunto da GYKM | modificaThe Saturday Book, George Orwell
 
"The question has always been: Is Dalí crazy? The book indicates that Dalí is as crazy as a fox."

"one of the most irresistible books of the year"
aggiunto da GYKM | modificaTime (Dec 28, 1942)
 

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Nome dell'autoreRuoloTipo di autoreOpera?Stato
Salvador Dalíautore primariotutte le edizionicalcolato
Chevalier, Haakon M.Traduttoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Häggqvist, ArneTraduttoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
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Painter, designer, and filmmaker Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) was one of the most colorful and controversial figures in 20th-century art. A pioneer of Surrealism, he was both praised and reviled for the subconscious imagery he projected into his paintings, which he sometimes referred to as "hand-painted dream photographs." This early autobiography, which takes him through his late thirties, is as startling and unpredictable as his art. It is superbly illustrated with over 80 photographs of Dalí and his works, and scores of Dalí drawings and sketches. On its first publication, the reviewer of Books observed: "It is impossible not to admire this painter as writer. As a whole, he . . . communicates the snobbishness, self-adoration, comedy, seriousness, fanaticism, in short the concept of life and the total picture of himself he sets out to portray." Dalí's flamboyant self-portrait begins with his earliest recollections and ends at the pinnacle of his earliest successes. His tantalizing chapter titles and headnotes -- among them "Intra-Uterine Memories," "Apprenticeship to Glory," "Permanent Expulsion from the School of Fine Arts," "Dandyism and Prison," "I am Disowned by my Family," "My Participation and my Position in the Surrealist Revolution," and "Discovery of the Apparatus for Photographing Thought" -- only hint at the compelling revelations to come. Here are fascinating glimpses of the brilliant, ambitious, and relentlessly self-promoting artist who designed theater sets, shop interiors, and jewelry as readily as he made surrealistic paintings and films. Here is the mind that could envision and create with great technical virtuosity images of serene Raphaelesque beauty one moment and nightmarish landscapes of soft watches, burning giraffes, and fly-covered carcasses the next. For anyone interested in 20th-century art and one of its most gifted and charismatic figures, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí is must reading.

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