{"product_id":"dali-basic-art-h-b","title":"Gilles Neret: Dali: 1904-1989: Conquest of the Irrational [2015] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003ePainter, sculptor, writer, filmmaker, and all-round showman Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the 20th century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics. One of the first artists to apply the insights of Freudian psychoanalysis to art, he is celebrated in particular for his surrealist practice, with such conceits as the soft watches or the lobster telephone, now hallmarks of the surrealist enterprise, and of modernism in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDali frequently described his paintings as \"hand-painted dream photographs.\" Their tantalizing tension and interest resides in the precise rendering of bizarre elements and incongruous arrangements. As Dali himself explained, he painted with \"the most imperialist fury of precision,\" but only \"to systematize confusion and thus to help discredit completely the world of reality.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevolutionizing the role of the artist, the mustache-twirling Dali also had the intuition to parade a controversial persona in the public arena and, through printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, and film, to create work that could be consumed and not just contemplated on a gallery wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores both the painting and the personality of Dali, introducing his technical skill as well as his provocative compositions and challenging themes of death, decay, and eroticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea concise biography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eapproximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Neret, Gilles","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44096592052514,"sku":"9783836560009","price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/neret-gilles-gilles-neret-dali-1904-1989-conquest-of-the-irrational-2015-hardback-9783836560009-57850227032403.jpg?v=1727887093","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/dali-basic-art-h-b","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}