Salvador Dalí

(noun)

(1904 – 1989) A prominent Spanish surrealist painter, Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters.

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Examples of Salvador Dalí in the following topics:

  • Surrealism

    • The group grew to include Salvador Dalí, Man Ray, Joan Miró, Marcel Duchamp, among other notable artistic figures.
    • Later, Salvador Dalí explained it as: "There is only one difference between a madman and me.
    • **This work requires a fair use rationale - see link** Dalí's most famous work is a prime example of his use of artistic illusion.

  • Art Movements of the 1920s

    • Spanish painter Salvador Dali, best known for his 1931 work, The Persistence of Memory, was one of the most famous practitioners of Surrealism.
    • Salvador Dali's 1931 painting, The Persistence of Memory, is one of the most well known examples of Surrealism.

  • Art and Illusion

    • Escher and Salvidor Dalí.
    • Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech (1904 – 1989), known as Salvador Dalí, was a prominent Spanish surrealist painter and skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work.
    • Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media.

  • Abstract Sculpture

    • The surrealists wanted to create an exhibition which in itself would be a creative act, and André Breton named Duchamp, Wolfgang Paalen, Man Ray, Salvador Dali, and Max Ernst to help h

  • Introduction

    • Editors: Salvador Treviño and Carlos Ruy Martinez (ITESM, Monterrey Campus, Mexico)

  • Central America

    • A similar situation existed for El Salvador; even as tens of thousands of civilians were slaughtered by government and government-allied forces in the early 1980s, Reagan stated that El Salvador was making "progress."
    • Army School of the Americas and distributed to thousands of military officers from 11 South and Central American countries, including Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama, where the U.S. military was heavily involved in counterinsurgency.
    • Reagan provided controversial support to the right-wing El Salvador government and all branches of the security apparatus throughout his term; he feared a takeover by the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) during the El Salvador Civil War which had begun in 1979.

  • The Promotion of Global Human Rights

    • Specific examples include El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and South Africa.

  • Introduction

    • A doctor conducting a pre-natal examination of a patient in El Salvador.

  • The Exploration of Christopher Columbus

    • Columbus called the island San Salvador, although the indigenous residents called it Guanahani; in present day, it is known as the Bahamas or the Turks and Caicos.
    • No one knows which modern day island in the Bahamas or Turks and Caicos this name corresponds to, but the prime candidates are Samana Cay, Plana Cays, Grand Turk, or San Salvador Island.

  • Head of State

    • Presidential systems are a notable feature of constitutions in the Americas, including those of the Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico and Venezuela; this is generally attributed to the strong influence of the United States in the region, and as the United States Constitution served as an inspiration and model for the Latin American wars of independence of the early 19th century.