The Best Paintings of Salvador Dali
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The man was mad. The man was a genius. His paintings draw you in and repel you simultaneously. His paintings are timless. His paintings are notorious, and it's best to have an idea of which ones to look at if you're just getting around to discovering him or it will take you weeks of searching to cover them all.
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1.
The Persistence of Memory
His best known painting. Everyone has seen the soft watches draped over trees and objects. Look carefully, the amount of symbolism here can take your breath away.
19 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
2.
Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man
You want symbolic? Here you have it. Books could be written about the symbolism involved in this painting. Suffice it to say that it is well worth viewing.
13 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
3.
Venus with Drawers
It has been said that if you "get" this painting, you will understand Dali's relationship to women and, in effect, everything that influenced him from puberty on. The question is - do you really want to know?
9 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
4.
Meditative Rose
8 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
5.
Soft Self Portrait with Grilled Bacon
it is commonly held that if you can understand this self-portrait, you will understand the man himself. A frightening thought actually.
7 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
6.
The Three Sphinxes of Bikini
7 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
7.
The Great Mastrubator
7 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
8.
Sacrement of the Last Supper
A truly amazing piece of work - look at the juxtaposition of modern and old, and the symbols that work their way into the very fabric of the piece.
6 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
9.
Galatea of the Spheres
6 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
10.
Christ of St. John of the Cross
6 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
11.
The Enigma of Desire; My Mother
6 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
12.
The Apocalypse of St. John
5 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
13.
Bed and Two Bedside Tables Ferociously Attacking a Cello
5 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
14.
The Elephants
5 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
15.
Knights of Death
5 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
16.
Invisible Man
4 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
17.
Leda Atomica
4 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
18.
Sleep
4 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
19.
Young Virgin Auto Sodomized by her Own Chastity
3 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
20.
The Specter of Sex Appeal
3 points - added 14 years ago by thewordwarrior -
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