The Museum : The Dali Museum

Salvador Dali was an artist who was almost more notorious for his colorful personality as for his artistic talents. He took an apolitical outlook on world politics, but often dabbled in anti-establishment movements. This essay explores the life of Salvador Dali, the historical and political time he lived in, and how these influenced his work.

In this essay, I will analysis Dali’s surrealistic paintings The Lugubrious Game first, then I will argue why the painting is in surrealism style. Finally, I will explain why I am interested in the painting and my opinion about the painting.

There are three main aspects of this painting, each representing a different aspect of society. The first and lower part of the painting shows the working class, gathered in desperate and impoverished lines. This shows the lack of compassion available in the American economy.

Art History is the study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts. The history of art, we feel, can sometimes be confused with art criticism. However, Art History is concerned with finding the value of the artistic piece in respect with others in the same category of art or movement, and art criticism is more of an evaluation of art. The art examined best represents the culture during the time period, visions the artist imagined, and history behind an event. It also represents society in a specific area, beliefs the people may have, writing that tells a story, the natural world and environment, conflict between people and areas, and the human body. With these representations, artwork overall represents the life in which we live (d). Each piece has its own genre, design, format and style to it. This makes each piece extremely different, yet pleasing to the eye. They also vary between paintings, sculptures and architecture. These different types also make a variety of artwork to be seen by all people. The art pieces that I chose, Jar, Bottle and Glass by Juan Gris, The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí, and Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, seemed interesting to me and I believe to best represent the context in which they were created, along with the major artistic movements of the time. I went on to research them more thoroughly to better understand the history behind them,

Known for his abstract paintings, Salvador Dali was a very influential and well-known artist. Many may think his work is strange, but each painting of his was well thought out to convey a message. Dali included tons of symbolism and details from his past in his paintings. The more knowledge you have on Dali, the easier it is to decipher his paintings. Portrait of My Dead Brother is a painting by Dali that reflects an important event in his life.

unique feel. The Dali Museum for instance, offers visitors the opportunity to delve into the fascinating and

In this museum, we will be showing you artwork throughout history that all shares a similar theme in all of them. All of the art pieces in this museum all involve nature and seascapes, many artists throughout history have drawn nature and the ocean that is around them or beautiful place that they made up, but many of these beautiful landscapes were made with no specific theme in mind except beauty, many of these painting are supposed to depict beauty in the eye of the beholder, but many of these painting may still seem dark and gloomy.

I have learned a lot about Dali from this trip. The most interesting thing to me was that he got expelled from college because he refused to take an exam. He was almost done with college but refused to take the exam anyway. It showed that he is filled with courage. He is his own person and no one could tell him different. It also proves to his father that a college degree is not necessary to succeed in life. I admire that courage because all my life, the people around me would always tell me that education is the only way to success. It bothers me because they degrade those who do not go to school. Dali did whatever he believed in,

Concerning color, there is a stark contrast between the figure on the painting and the background. More specifically, the figure of the woman is predominantly delineated in white color, especially pale, ashen white, as far her apparel and facial complexion are concerned, while there are also various hues of grey, with respect to her hair and accessory feather. These white and grey shades are vividly contrasted with the prevailing red and crimson hues of the background (viz. the drape, armchair, and table). Moreover, one can detect colors of dark green (jewelry), some beige on the left (pillar), and darker or lighter shades of blue on the right side of the canvas (sky), which all in concert and in addition to the subtle purple hue forming the sun or moon exude a certain dramatic sentiment. Also, there is brown, which often easily segues into gold (viz. books and attire details respectively). The main contrast of colors between white and red would be interpreted as serving the purpose of rendering the figure of the woman, and especially her face, the focal point of the work, despite, paradoxically enough, the lush red shades at the background. Bearing that in mind, the significance of the woman’s face will be enlarged upon later, when discussing aspects of her identity.

2. Analysis of Form: The sitting woman is the center of interest with other components of the painting surrounding her. The painting is naturalistic. Asymmetry is used with the guitar in the upper right hand corner and the jug-like object in the lower left hand corner, cards, and the lamp. The colors surrounding the woman are warm with soft hues, but the dress she is wearing is a cool blue. It has a split complementary color harmony. The shadows casted on not only parts of the room, but also her face establish a defeated or exhausted mood. The woman is the focal point of the painting, which is emphasized by the contrast of the colors

I enjoy looking at his paintings, and finding out the story, and the meaning behind each one. The story of a painting makes it that much more interesting when looking at it, and using your imagination as well. Surrealism art is so surreal and fascinating, and after looking at different paintings of illusions, I just had to know more about it. The best part about learning about surrealism art is that I got to know who Salvador Dali truly was as an artist, and the journey I took to find that. My favorite painting from Dali would probably be The Vision, because the story behind it is so clear, and to me it is the most emotionally driven piece that I have seen from him so

Salvador Dali was a twentieth century Spanish artist whose art is “better known than any other 20th-century painter, including fellow Spaniard, Pablo Picasso.” One of his most well known pieces is called The Persistence Of Memory, a painting of melting clocks, created in 1931.

Although visual art is looked upon differently by all, everyone has a either a favorite piece or at least something that catches their eye. Personally, I don’t have a piece of art that I would label my absolute favorite, but during a Spanish research project found that Salvador Dali’s work really stood out. “The Persistence of Memory” painted in 1931 by Dali, a highly renowned surrealist painter, is among the most interesting works I have ever seen. Even though the painting itself is rather simple in quality at first glance, what Dali’s must have been thinking about while creating this work is strikingly complex. The painting is attractive to me because it deals with the concept of time, something

Salvador Dali was born into a middle class family on May 11th 1904 in Figures, Spain. During his lifetime, he was an eccentric painter, writer, sculptor and experimental film maker. In Dali’s early years of painting he experimented at first with landscapes, most of which were of his home in Figueres, Spain. Dali also made paintings of the surrounding area of his family’s summer home, in the seaside town of Cadaques. Dali’s transitional period was between 1927 and 1929, these were years of experimentation. In this period gravel, rocks, cork, and other materials can be noted on his canvases. This was more abstract period then others, at this time in Dali’s life he had just been kicked out of the art school he had been attending .

The idea of this piece is to show the connection between mother and daughter being painted. It shows the time and the classic style of the