{"product_id":"9781861893833","title":"Salvador Dali","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure—that of being Salvador Dalí.”\u003cbr\u003eHe was a force unto himself, an icon of outrageousness, artistic brilliance, eccentricity, and unmistakable style. Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domènech, Marquis of Pubol, was one of the foremost artists of the twentieth century, and in this concise narrative acclaimed art historian Mary Ann Caws provides a sharply written survey of his life and work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalvador Dalí \u003c\/i\u003eexamines every twist and turn in Dalí’s long and multifaceted career and the pivotal artistic movements at whose center he stood. From his early life in the Catalan region and his expulsions from the School of Fine Arts in Madrid and other schools to the surrealist movement and his work with Buñuel on the films \u003ci\u003eUn chein andalou\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e L’Âge d’or\u003c\/i\u003e, Caws charts Dalí’s influences and creative process. Dalí’s turbulent personal life brought him in contact with a rich assortment of intellectual figures, and Caws considers his relationships with his family; his lovers, including the married Elena Diakonova; and with friends such as poet Federico Garcia Lorca. His writings, drawings, photography, and painted works offer up new clues about the artist under Caws’s incisive eye, as she analyzes his lesser-known writings and creative works, as well as his Surrealist paintings and “hand-painted dream photographs” such as \u003ci\u003eThe Persistence of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eA masterfully written biographical study, \u003ci\u003eSalvador Dalí\u003c\/i\u003e paints an arresting portrait of one of the most elusive artists of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039474663664,"sku":"9781861893833","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781861893833_p0.jpg?v=1763600885","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781861893833","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}