DALI

by Max Gérard (Editor), Eleanor R. Morse (Translator)

Librarian's Note: this is the original edition of - ISBN 10: 0810980738

A book on Dali, with all of its components supervised by the artist himself. Its dust jacket was designed by Dali to resemble a candy box.
The illustrations are juxtaposed with Dali's own thoughts and subjects that most deeply concerned him - war, his wife Gala, space/time, eroticism and mysticism.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[jw468 · Rating 4 out of 5]

The combination of books linked to this page is such a mess (this is also true of Amazon’s page). There are books combined here that AREN'T different editions of the same book; they’re different books entirely. This review is for the large, coffee table book that was published by Abrams in 1968 (presumed first edition), edited by Max Gérard, translated by Eleanor R. Morse, and manufactured in France. It has the gold foil dust jacket and the painted, cloth-covered boards. This book is roughly 12” square and about 1.5” thick. It’s similar to Dali Wines of Gala. Wines of Gala is actually smaller.

Dalí’s work is divided by theme in this book. Chapters include “War,” “Landscape,” “Gala,” “Nature Morte (Still Life),” “Eroticism,” “Mysticism,” “Space-Time,” “Oneiros,” and “Toward an Imperial Classicism.” There is also a chronological index and a biography. Whole works and details are depicted in color and black and white. These images are interspersed with Dalí’s writings. Anyone who appreciates Dalí’s work will enjoy this book.

[Alexis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Boken börjar med essän "cannibalism and aesthetic", som det inte på något sätt framgår vem som har skrivit. Är det författaren? Är det Dali själv? Ingen vet. Hursomhelst måste den varit något av det absolut bisarraste jag har läst, så många roliga esoteriska diagram! I övrigt tycker jag att författaren har valt ett bra urval av Dalis bilder. De var indelade i spännande kategorier som krig, mysticism, erotik och stilleben! Färgåtergivningen i själva trycket känns också nice.
Bortsett från den oklara (men mycket roliga) essän tycker jag boken ger en bra övergripande bild av Dali.

[Gary Robert Gress · Rating 5 out of 5]

My copy is worn out.

[H. Givens · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wonderful art, although questionable choice to print so much of it in black and white.

[Clancy · Rating 2 out of 5]

The writing in this is the wankiest garbage I've ever read. Maybe you need to be an art critic.

[Tobin Elliott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Weird book. The writing was terrible. The majority of Dali's work was...shockingly...in black and white.

But at least there were pages of full, coloured imagery of Dali's work.

Overall, I have to believe there are better books out there as a retrospective of Dali's work.

[Magnolia Bonaparte · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mooi boek als je van de werken van Dali houdt. Al had ik ook de bekendere werken er graag ingezien en meer werken in kleur was ook leuk geweest.

[Guillermo Ferrer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Incomplete

[Sua · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. I bought it because of the artwork and it did not let me down. I saw art by Dali that I hadn’t seen before. The writing in the book doesn’t match the art but that is okay. I did learn some new facts about Dali but not much.

[Charanya · Rating 5 out of 5]

A visual and literary pièce de résistance.

[Mills College Library]

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