Tuesday, August 31, 2004

This site is good to get to know and view some of Dali's works. It has links that direct you to the museums in which some of his works are being exhibited. There are links to galleries, art museums, articles and multimedia such as interviews and biographies. You may even purchase some Dali posters while visiting the site. There are also links that direct you to auctions for Dali matterial.

Thursday, August 26, 2004

This Dali Gallery is a great site to visit to view some of Dali's works. It has all his paintings, drawings and oil works. It divides each into the years in which they were produced. This is good because it lets you see how his work progressed over the years. This site also gives good biographical information on Dali. It seperates his works into the different categories; his early years, surrealism years and classical years. It also explains in detail the style in which Dali created himself, the Paranoiac-Critical Transformation Method.

Wednesday, August 25, 2004

This painting, Metamorphosis of Narcissus, is one of Dali's more popular ones. It is called this after the mythology about Narcissus. The myth goes that Narcissus would fall in love with no woman, and had love for no one. But one day he was directed toward a pond, saw his own reflection and fell in love with himself. He eventually leaned too close to the water and drowned. The flower which is named after him bloomed where he laid dead. This painting clearly depicts the myth with the double images of the persons looking in the pond, one which is decayed symbolizing his death, and the other which has the flower growing out of it.

This is a link to a site that explains in detail the origins and History of Surrealism. Dali is most widely known as a Surrealistic painter/sculptor and it is important to understand where his style derived from. This site will help you to understand how and why the movement came to be. It is important to know this in order to understand Dali. In this site Dali is realized as one of the masters of the Surrealistic movement. He is also widely known for his work as a Classical artist. After his Surrealistic years, Dali advanced his style to that of Classical. *Sorry for the inconvenience but the link for Dali isn't working!!*