Título: Dalí. The Paintings (Bibliotheca Universalis)
Autor: Neret Gilles
Sinopse: At the age of six, Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) wanted to be a cook. At the age of seven, he wanted to be Napoleon. “Since then,” he later said, “my ambition has steadily grown, and my megalomania with it. Now I want only to be Salvador Dalí, I have no greater wish.” Throughout his life, Dalí was out to become Dalí: that is, one of the most significant artists and eccentrics of the 20th century. This weighty volume is the most complete study of Dalí’s painted works ever published. After years of research, Robert Descharnes and Gilles Néret located painted works by the master that had been inaccessible for years?so many, in fact, that almost half the featured illustrations appear in public for the first time in this book. More than a catalogue raisonné, this book contextualizes Dalí’s oeuvre and its meanings by examining contemporary documents, from writings and drawings to material from other facets of his work, including ballet, cinema, fashion, advertising, and objets d’art. Without these crutches to support analysis, the paintings would simply be a series of many images. The study is divided into two parts: the first examines Dalí’s beginnings as an unknown artist. We witness how the young Dalí deployed all the isms?Impressionism, Pointillism, Cubism, Fauvism, Purism and Futurism?with playful mastery, and how he would borrow from prevailing trends before ridiculing and abandoning them. The second part unveils the conclusions of Dalí’s lifelong inquiries, as well as the great legacy he left in works such as Tuna Fishing (1966/67) or Hallucinogenic Toreador (1970). It includes previously unpublished homages to Velázquez or Michelangelo, painted to the same end as the variations on past masters done by his contemporary, Picasso. We discover how, motivated by the desire to tease out the secrets of great works and become a Velázquez of the mid-20th century, Dalí became Dalí.
Contexto da obra
Na área de Artes, livros como este costumam interessar pelo repertório visual e pela reflexão estética. “Dalí. The Paintings (Bibliotheca Universalis)”, de Neret Gilles, publicado pela editora Taschen, em 2019 e com 751 páginas, integra a categoria Livros de Artes. Esse contexto costuma ser útil para perceber como o livro pode ampliar olhar e sensibilidade.
Editora: Taschen
Páginas: 751
Ano: 2019
Edição: Illustrated
Linguagem: PORTUGUES
ISBN: 3836576244
ISBN13: 9783836576246
- Encadernação: CAPA DURA
- Peso (kg): 2,660
- Altura (cm): 26,67
- Largura (cm): 22,23
- Espessura (cm): 6,35
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora TASCHEN convidam o leitor a uma experiência visual intensa, marcada por reproduções em grande formato e detalhamento minucioso. Seu catálogo costuma explorar temas que transitam entre a arte, a arquitetura, a história cultural e a fotografia, revelando desde manuscritos medievais até a evolução do design e da cultura pop. A leitura desses volumes combina textos informativos com imagens que dialogam diretamente com o conteúdo, criando um ritmo que é tanto didático quanto contemplativo. Embora haja uma forte presença de obras sobre mestres clássicos e movimentos artísticos, também se encontram títulos que abordam histórias visuais contemporâneas e fenômenos culturais, com variações entre narrativas mais documentais e outras mais ensaísticas.
