Salvador Dalí Museum

Word Count: 1283 Salvador Dali Museum The Salvador Dali museum was founded by Dali’s leading collectors, Reynolds and Eleanor Morse. They were not only friends of Dali but also private collectors of his work. The couple stored the collection in their home for a long period of time, the even agreed to loan two hundred pieces to a “New York Dali retrospective” before finally deciding to give the collection a permanent home. Dali encouraged the couple to build a museum in New York, although they

physically explore the Salvador Dali Museum in Saint Petersburg, Florida. I chose this museum because Dali was such a great artist and energized person, I felt that I would be intrigued by his work the most. I was also eager to see more of his paintings that were not showcased in class or in the textbook. As excited as I was to visit the museum, I was quite disappointed. I was expecting color to be in every room, exciting design, and an overall fun feel since that is what I felt Dali would have been like

however, I believe Salvador Dali had a different view on not only art, but life itself. The Dali Museum in St. Pete, Florida, holds numerous art pieces displaying his great work, but the true beauty of the museum is within the building itself. Visiting this spectacular site is a must when in the area. Architect, Yann Weymouth designed a bulky exterior, three stories high, with an amazing spiral staircase and a beautiful garden that overlooks the St. Pete waterfront. The Safe Box The museum opened in the

The Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida is a unique modern museum. This new building opened in 2011. The original building was established in 1982 (thedali.org). The architect, Yann Weymouth, created a space that is as surreal as Dali’s artwork. Weymouth’s space incorporates visually interesting elements yet it is also hurricane proof structure that protects the priceless artwork it houses (Brown, 2011, p. 16). The building can withstand a category five hurricane and the artwork

For my museum trip, I visited the Salvador Dali Museum located over in St. Petersburg. I chose this particular museum because I see their ads all over Tampa! The museum visit was a day for me, the premises being about an hour away from my residence in Tampa. The first Dali museum opened in St. Petersburg in 1982, when various members of the community convinced a man by the name of Albert Morse to bring his large collection of Salvador Dali artwork to the area (TheDali). I happened to visit the new

The Museum that I chose to visit is the Salvador Dali Museum in Saint Petersburg Florida. My first initial reaction to the museum was amazed of how beautiful the location is. At the museum you have the opportunity to take a tour with a tour guide or take your own route to view. I took the tour, which took us through the different stages of Dali’s work. The Development Stage, Surrealist Stage, and Classical period. At first as I was taking the tour I was just viewing the different pieces, however

I visited at the Menil Museum, and I found a theme that I am particularly interested in: Surrealism. The name of the artwork is called “Eggs on the Plate without the Plate” on oil and canvas by Salvador Dali in 1932. Before I can get into discussing the formal analysis and the iconography of the artwork, I need to give a background on Salvador Dali and Surrealism. According to Surrealism.org, the definition of Surrealism is “Surrealism is a cultural movement and artistic style that was founded in

1: Birthname: Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali. Salvador Dali was an artist. January 23, 1989 would be the date of his death. Slide 2: Parents: His father is Salvador Daly y Cusi. Which was a middle-class lawyer. His mother's name is Felipa Domenech Ferres. She influenced art to Salvador at a young age. Salvador's father had a strict disciplinary approach to raising he's kids. His childhood would be full of anger towards his parents and classmates. Which resulted in Salvador being punished frequently

Salvador Dali was considered one of the most controversial artists to ever live in Spain and the United States. It is easy to understand once you saw his childhood. Dali was raised being told he wasn’t born as a version of himself. Dali found himself getting into trouble not only with his father, but also with the schools that he attended. Getting kicked out of schools for causing trouble. One would have never thought that Dali would have made it as an artist due to his troubled history. As

analyze the world. These people became known as Surrealists. One of the most famous surrealist artists was Salvador Dalí. Dalí’s piece The Temptation of Saint Anthony is a prime example of Surrealism. Surrealist paintings are described as dreamlike and fantastical. Much of Dalí’s paintings were images he had dreamed up. He said that he would paint what almost seem like photographs from his dreams. Dalí took Sigmund Freud’s idea that dreams are symbolic. Objects can symbolize something as well as take on