Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí‚ better known as Salvador Dalí‚ was a painter‚ sculptor‚ designer‚ writer and filmmaker Spanish born in Figueres‚ Catalonia‚ Spain. Dalí he was best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His paint skills where influence of Renaissance masters like Picasso‚ Magritte‚ and Miro . His best known work‚ The Persistence of Memory‚ was completed in 1931. Salvador Dalí’s artistic repertoire also includes film‚ sculpture‚ and photography.
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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
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Salvador Dali’s Persistence of Memory is by far his most recognizable piece of art. Salvador Dali was born on May 11th‚ 1904 in Catalonia‚ Spain (Dali). Persistence of Memory was done in 1931‚ while he was living in Paris‚ France (Dali). The work itself is a surrealist landscape‚ which stays true to his style throughout his career. Persistence of Memory is full of symbolism and has many elements of art within the piece. By dissecting the various parts of images used in Dali’s piece‚ we can begin
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Salvador Dali is a remarkable artist of the twentieth century. According to the editors of “Salvador Dali’s Biography‚” “he was born in Figueres‚ Spain on May 11‚ 1904” (www.biography.com). He went to an art school in Madrid to create his own style after he mastered his mentors’. He was expelled from art school because he felt that there was not a single professor qualified to compete with his work. The mustachioed surrealist is known for his famous painting‚ “The Persistence of Memory‚” also known
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One of the most famous artists during the Renaissance was El Greco. He was born in 1541 in the city of Crete. El Greco’s real name is Domenikos Theotokopoulos. His fathers name was Georgios Theotokopoulos. However‚ his mother was unknown‚ but we do know that she was Greek. This famous artist learned his skills and talents from Titan in Venice. Since he was little he was interested and enthusiastic in training as an icon painter. El Greco also dreamed about studying in a Cretan school‚ but other than
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English 102 Final Rough Draft Surrealism and Salvador Dali Surrealism is defined as an art style developed in the 1920 ’s in Europe‚ characterized by using the subconscious as a source of creativity to liberate pictural subjects and ideas. Surrealist paintings often depict unexpected or irrational objects in an atmosphere or fantasy ‚ creating a dreamlike scenario ( www.progressiveart.com 2004). The word Surrealism was created in 1917 by the writer Guillaune
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Jarjoura Art Appreciation (Web Class) 11/25/2012 The Not So Secret Life of Salvador Dali When one hears the name of Salvador Dali‚ many things probably come to mind: painter‚ surrealist‚ creative‚ artistic genius… No matter what first comes to one’s mind‚ and whether one likes him or not‚ most would agree that Salvador Dali was‚ more than anything else‚ unique. Yes‚ Dali had many influences such as Velazquez‚ Goya‚ El Creco‚ Durer‚ Leonardo‚ and Michelangelo (Bradley‚ 465)‚ but he took their
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Domenicos Theotocopoulos‚ otherwise known as El Greco‚ was born in Crete in 1541 and died in 1614‚ Domenicos was a talented Cretan painter‚ architect‚ and sculptor. He was given the name El Greco‚ translated literally as "the Greece"‚ because he was born on the island of Crete in 1521 and at that time Crete belonged to Greece. El Greco lived on the island of Crete until the age of 25 when he left to explore the world. In Venice‚ El Greco worked under Titian who was considered the Great Master
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Salvador lived from 1904 - 1989‚ he is known professionally for being a surrealist artist of a Catalan ethnicity. He is a painter‚ a really good one in fact‚ he’s made over 1500+ pieces‚ that is incredible. As I look at his paintings I see that he put a lot of effort into it‚ because it looks amazing‚ his lines are very crisp‚ and the way he uses his color is perfection. He was born on‚ May 11‚ 1904‚ when he was about 16 years old‚ he started to get involved with art‚ in an advanced type of way
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The Life of Salvador Moncada Salvador Moncada was born in Tegucigalpa‚ the capital of Honduras‚ on December 3 in the year 1944. His Honduran father‚ Salvador Moncada‚ and his British mother‚ Jenny Seidner‚ took Moncada and moved their small family to El Salvador when he a young boy of only 6 years of age. When he was old enough‚ Moncada became a student at the University of El Salvador. For eight years he studied medicine at the college. One year later he attempted to further his education by traveling
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