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Paperback. In this new biography of Salvador Dali, highly respected art and literary historian Mary Ann Caws explores the life and work of one of the most fascinating and colourful figures in the history of art. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali y Domenech, Marquis of Pubol, was born in Catalonia on May 11, 1904, and died on January 23, 1989. Best known as a surrealist painter, his artistic output also included film, sculpture, photography and writing. Dali is also notorious for his eccentric behaviour and his involvement with the Dada movement, which often drew more attention to himself than his art. In this new narrative exploration of Salvador Dali, highly respected art and literary historian Mary Ann Caws surveys the life and work of one of the most fascinating and colourful figures in the history of ... Read more
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali y Domenech, Marquis of Pubol, was born in Catalonia on May 11, 1904, and died on January 23, 1989. Best known as a surrealist painter, his artistic output also included film, sculpture, photography and writing. Dali is also notorious for his eccentric behaviour and his involvement with the Dada movement, which often drew more attention to himself than his art. In this new narrative exploration of Salvador Dali, highly respected art and literary historian Mary Ann Caws surveys the life and work of one of the most fascinating and colourful figures in the history of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Critical Lives
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861893833
SKU
V9781861893833
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About Mary Ann Caws
Mary Ann Caws is Distinguished Professor of English, French and Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She has written many books on art and literature including Picasso's Weeping Woman: The Life and Art of Dora Maar (2000), Virginia Woolf: Illustrated Life (2002), Marcel Proust: Illustrated Life (2003), Robert Motherwell with Pen and Brush ... Read more
Reviews for Salvador Dali
'Mary Ann Caws has established herself as an authority of surrealism and the artists who make up its membership. Her account of Dali's life is further testament to her long-standing fascination for, and extensive research into some of the most influential and iconic movements and artists to emerge from modernity ... Caw's does offer unique insight into Dali's life, and ... Read more