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This account of the life of Gala Dali describes an extraordinary love story. When she died at the age of 87 in 1982, Salvador Dali locked himself in her room, drew the curtains, and refused to eat. The couple were married for 50 years, Gala being instrumental in pulling Dali back from the verge of madness and nursing him through depressions and illnesses, real as well as imaginary. This biography describes her profound influence on Dali's painting and attempts to establish the fact that Gala was the key to understanding much of the work of the great surrealist painter. The book also covers Gala Dali's early years in Paris in the 1920s and her first marriage to Paul Elouard. ... Read more

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For the budding artist
This book is a nice Dali biography for the young student;or for the parent who wants to get a jump on their pre-school's child cultural education. The vibrant colors and reproductions of Dali'spaintings are attention-grabbers that will have most young minds intrigued.One of the strong points of this series is making connections to other famous people and events of the artists time period. For example, the student is also introduced to such illuminaries as Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud and their relationship to Dali. The book is not limited to just thesemen but also makes time references and other connections to others like Hitler, Franco and Dali's friends Andre Benton, Picasso and Luis Bunuel. His influences on future artists is also discussed. Many of Dali's famous painting are recreated like Christ of St. John of the Cross,The Enigma of Hitler,Autumn Cannabalism, and The Persistence of Memory. This book also features a timelime that runs throughout the book at the bottom of the page that features major world events and art related events. Included at the end of the book is a glossary and page that shows major world wide museums that feature Dali works, including the famous Dali Theater-Museum, Figueres that he created and in which he is buried beneath. The museum listings come with addresses and web sites. This is an outstanding small biography for the young student in the middle school years. If a student becomes interested in the works of Dali through this introduction there are many books available, including Dali and the excellent book entitled DALI. This school age biography is recommended for school and community libraries and personal art libraries. ... Read more

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"Hypermental" tracks, with unprecedented insight, the unfinished project of surrealism, exploring the visual art of the modern era not in terms of genres, schools, or media, but through the lens of subjectivity.This new catalogue explores how the modernist critique of the subject--exemplified by the art and philosophy of the Surrealists--has continued on through the postwar period and through to the present day. From Merit Oppenheim and Yayoi Kusama in the 1950s and 60s to Cindy Sherman and Matthew Barney in the 90s, we find works that interrogate the construction of the subject, and the body, through sexual difference. From the Pop-era pieces of Richard Hamilton and James Rosenquist to the more recent work of Richard Prince and Barbara Kruger, we find a narrative of the production of desire, one that refers explicitly to the elevated status of the commodity. "Hypermental" presents work by these artists and many more, juxtaposing their work with that of the original surrealists, and the resulting book is an exceptionally unique history of the most radical trends in the history of 20th century art. ... Read more

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Introducing Prestel Art Guides: attractive, affordable and authoritative. What more could you want from a reference book?

Designed to slip into a pocket, backpack or purse, and written to deliver concise information, these new guides to the world’s major artists are a handy reference tool. Open any page of these guides and you’ll find a host of facts and illustrations clearly presented in eye-catching spreads.

Compare and contrast details of artworks. Learn about the artist’s life and times. Follow the evolution of a career. Discover where his or her works can be found today. Enhanced with glossaries, bibliographies, and maps, the guides are printed on heavy, coated paper with a flexible cover that is durable enough to withstand repeated use. With this much information made accessible, Prestel’s new Art Guides are certain to be opened again and again. ... Read more

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Antoni Gaudí/Salvador Dalí, the premiere book in the Duets series, brings together the work of these two artistic geniuses in order to present a rich comparative study. Essentially three volumes in one, a section on each artist presents a brief biography and an examination of some major works, with a third section that compares the images and ideas of the two artists. Although upon first glance one wouldn’t think to compare the architectural whimsy of Gaudí with Dalí’s dark visions, this book illuminates the similarities between them. Both men were great observers of nature, gifted with an uncommon sensitivity, and able to transcend the techniques of their respective disciplines to create unique designs that influenced and changed their fields forever.  Antoni Gaudí/Salvador Dalí is a book that art and architecture lovers will treasure for years to come.