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    Persistence of memory Salvador Dali’s purpose in painting the distinctively visual ’persistence of memory’ was to show us a self portrait of the subconscious or a psychological portrait to allow the audience to experience his perception that time itself is endless‚ but our time is short‚ thus our preoccupation is absurd. Dali himself was best known for his surrealist work and was influenced by the ’surrealist manifesto’ written by Andre Brenton. Surrealism was a cultural movement that began

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    Introduction: The 19th. century was an era of invention and discovery. The horrors of the First World War led to widespread social trauma. People found consolation in art and literature‚ and used it as a way to express their outrage caused by the war. People demanded a form of expression that was honest‚ realistic‚ and critical of political and social behaviours. This Disillusionment following the war manifested itself in a number of ways‚ sparking artistic‚ literary‚ philosophical‚ musical‚ and

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    Leda Atomica (24 x 18"- oil on canvas)‚ is a painting by Salvador Dali (1904-1989) who was the top Surrealists of this time. Surrealism explored the subconscious‚ the dream world‚ and irrational elements of the psyche in the firm belief that the discoveries to be made from such exploration would be of greater fundamental importance to the human condition than any other form of social analysis. Surrealists like Salvador Dali was very fascinated by the ephemeral state of the mind between sleep and

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    one‚ I myself learned many interesting and influential aspects about art I wish I could have learned before beginning my college career. For example while researching I learned about an artist named Salvador Dali. Salvador Dali was one of the greatest abstract artists of all time. Without discovering Dali I would have never looked into his era of art and learned many new things. Art is also very influential to students. Students can be influenced to keep working hard‚ and focus on not giving up by

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    their works to define their true feelings and to illustrate ideas and experiences. The three artists I will use to demonstrate how symbols can be used to gain different meanings are‚ Joseph Cornell‚ Salvador Dali and Rosalie Gascoigne. Cornell uses symbols to represent his fantasies and dreams‚ Dali also uses surrealist symbols to represent his desires and dreams and Gascoigne uses symbols to represent the landscape where she lived and decay. Joseph Cornell is an American sculptor and filmmaker

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    think these kinds of thoughts are over the top‚ but this is all about fantasy‚ our dreams and human imagination. Designers are able to create fascinating work; artists are able to construct gorgeous creations‚ because of the human imagination. In 1940 Dali summed up his aspiration to create objects‚ ‘I try to create fantastic things‚ magical things and things like a dream. The world needs more fantasy. Our civilization is too mechanical.’ I will never forget his words‚ especially when he said‚ ‘We can

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    are others who are able to create a work of art that is so interesting that it is able to catch the viewer in its world and captivate them into looking at the piece for a long period of time. One of these works is the Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali. This piece is composed of desert landscape scenery with a few clocks melting over the landscape. One is hung over a dead tree branch‚ another is draped over what appears to be a portion of a human face that is rising out of the ground‚ and a

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    The Persistence of Memory

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    Persistence of Memory Looking at the picture The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali‚ people can see an abstract aesthetic deep within. The landscapes associated with his childhood have become an inspiration for his paintings. When he grew up‚ Dali still spent his time to painting the Catalonia’s landscape elaborately. Completed in 1931‚ The Persistence of Memory became one of his well-known paintings. This famous artwork is called “Dali ‘s hand painted dream photographs”‚ and it is simultaneously read

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    Artist: Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 35 x 40 cm Date: 1956 Location: Private collection INTERPRETATION: Looking at this painting for the first time‚ you literally see a ‘Landscape with Butterflies’. The setting is in a desert on a hot summer’s day with clear blue skies‚ and somehow abnormally large butterflies have found their way to this desert. This peculiar setting is what gives away its belonging to the Surrealist movement‚ which Salvador Dali as perfected

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    Surrealism movement is “Surrealism is destructive‚ but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision”‚ said by Salvador Dalí. This is true of Surrealism because surrealist works have dreamlike imagery with unexpected and illogical elements that contribute to the fantasy world that is Surrealism. One example of Surrealism art is Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory‚ 1931. The atmosphere of this work is sort of dreamlike and eerie. It looks as though it is in the

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