Tag: dali
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Salvador Dalí’s Rare ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Illustrations Are Finally Reissued
On canvas and paper, Salvador Dalí created apparently nonsensical realities that nevertheless operated according to logic all their own. In writing, Lewis Carroll, author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, did the very same. It thus only makes sense, despite their differences in nationality and sensibility as well as their barely overlapping life spans, that their…
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Behind The Scenes Of Salvador Dali’s Most Scandalous Photo Shoot
In 1951, Salvador Dali, everyone’s favorite mustachioed surrealist, teamed up with Magnum photographer Philippe Halsman to create one of the most enchanting, morbid and bizarre photographs of all time. Entitled “In Voluptas Mors,” or Voluptuous Death, the black-and-white photo stars a melange of women, expertly arranged to resemble a macabre skull. Dali stands next to…
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Mesmerizing Surreal paintings by Vladimir Kush Will Have You Thinking
Vladimir Kush is a Russian born surrealist painter and sculptor. After several years working as an artist in Moscow, he moved to the United States where his surrealistic style really took off. He now has galleries in Hawaii, California and Nevada, and his original paintings often sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. If you can’t afford that much,…
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Are You a True Art Expert?
Below are a number of famous paintings by artists from around the world. Can you recognize the artist from just a small section of the painting? Try out our quiz and let us know your score in the comments section below!
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Is This The Best Way to Recognize the Artists of Famous Paintings?
If you haven’t studied art history, it can sometimes be a bit confronting walking around a museum or art gallery and trying to get your head around who painted what. So with this in mind, here’s a bit of a tongue-in-cheek guide as to how YOU can easily work out which artist painted what. Though some…
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More Incredible 3D Latte Art by Kazuki Yamamoto
Japanese artist Kazuki Yamamoto has got the Internet buzzing about his 3D latte art again – this time he’s back with a very impressive Salvador Dali-inspired foam sculpture. The latte foam in the cup is shaped as a melting clock in Dali’sThe Persistence of Memory. The clock, however, is not the only new 3D latte artwork…