This visually gripping book focuses on a central but relatively unexamined aspect of the work of Salvador Dali: his fascination with optical effects and visual perception. The book examines Dali's use of various pictorial techniques, photography, and holograms to further his exploration of visual perception and the ways that optical illusion affects our sense of reality. Dawn Ades and other authorities in the field discuss such paintings as The Enigma of William Tell, in which Dali experimented with anamorphosis, the ...
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This visually gripping book focuses on a central but relatively unexamined aspect of the work of Salvador Dali: his fascination with optical effects and visual perception. The book examines Dali's use of various pictorial techniques, photography, and holograms to further his exploration of visual perception and the ways that optical illusion affects our sense of reality. Dawn Ades and other authorities in the field discuss such paintings as The Enigma of William Tell, in which Dali experimented with anamorphosis, the perspectival distortion that produces on the canvas elongated forms demanding an oblique viewpoint. They also note his interest in other more conventional forms of perspective and their sources in both Dutch and Italian art. They study his development of the famous double image, the paranoiac-critical method that produced images that could be read in multiple ways, as seen in his Apparition of a Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach or Impressions of Africa. And they reveal his fascination with optical effects and three-dimensional illusions that is apparent in his post-war work: the screen-dot paintings like Sistine Madonna or Portrait of my Dead Brother, in which an i
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VG. Black cloth boards with silver stamped lettering on spine. Glossy black dust jacket with color-illustration and white lettering. 195 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Issued in conjunction with a series of 2000 exhibitions featuring these illusionary paintings rendered by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali (1904-1989). With thematic and illustrated essays by Dawn Ades, Peter C. Sutton, Eric M. Zafran, and Antonio Pitxot and Montse Aguer. The annotated and illustrated catalogue addresses 71 specific pieces.
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2000, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art / Yale University Press
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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art / Yale University Press
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2000
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English
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VG (slight wear to edges, slight scuffs to covers. ) Black & color illus. wraps. 196 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a series of 2000 exhibitions featuring these illusionary paintings rendered by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali (1904-1989). With thematic and illustrated essays by Dawn Ades, Peter C. Sutton, Eric M. Zafran, and Antonio Pitxot and Montse Aguer. The annotated and illustrated catalogue addresses 71 specific pieces.