The World of Dalí
Sibley and I were lucky enough to visit the Dalí museum in
St. Petersburg, Florida during this past spring semester. It was a really great
trip! Sibley’s mom joined us in Orlando and then we all drove to St.
Petersburg. The museum was really interesting and I learned so many things about
Dalí and his work. The museum showed his progression from a student to a true artist, which was
really neat. The entire museum was made like a giant piece of surrealist art,
with a spiral staircase and huge glass windows. We were also lucky enough to
catch a tour of the museum, in Spanish. It was really fun for us to listen in
as the tour guide explained the painting, The
Hallucinogenic Torreador, giving us
a glimpse of what it will be like to visit Spanish museums, where all the tours
will be in Spanish. Yay!
In Dali’s hometown of Figueres, Spain, sits the Dalí Theatre
Museum, a huge collection of Dalí’s work. Like the Dalí museum in St.
Petersburg, the Dalí Theatre Museum incorporates surrealist art into the very
structure of the building. It features giant eggs sitting on the roof, glass
domes, mechanical devices, and a room created to look like Mae West’s face.
While visiting the museum in St. Petersburg, we were told that it was the
largest collection of Dalí’s work outside of Spain. So, we are excited to get a
glimpse of the world’s largest collection, in his birthplace of Figueres.
Sibley and I were lucky enough to visit the Dalí museum in
St. Petersburg, Florida during this past spring semester. It was a really great
trip! Sibley’s mom joined us in Orlando and then we all drove to St.
Petersburg. The museum was really interesting and I learned so many things about
Dalí and his work. The museum showed his progression from a student to a true artist, which was
really neat. The entire museum was made like a giant piece of surrealist art,
with a spiral staircase and huge glass windows. We were also lucky enough to
catch a tour of the museum, in Spanish. It was really fun for us to listen in
as the tour guide explained the painting, The
Hallucinogenic Torreador, giving us
a glimpse of what it will be like to visit Spanish museums, where all the tours
will be in Spanish. Yay!
In Dali’s hometown of Figueres, Spain, sits the Dalí Theatre
Museum, a huge collection of Dalí’s work. Like the Dalí museum in St.
Petersburg, the Dalí Theatre Museum incorporates surrealist art into the very
structure of the building. It features giant eggs sitting on the roof, glass
domes, mechanical devices, and a room created to look like Mae West’s face.
While visiting the museum in St. Petersburg, we were told that it was the
largest collection of Dalí’s work outside of Spain. So, we are excited to get a
glimpse of the world’s largest collection, in his birthplace of Figueres.
Can you explain the following paradox:
ReplyDeleteArt experts definition of Dali's surrealism style is--
If you try to explain it in words, you do not understand Surrealsim.
I think they are right that his style is very hard to explain in words. His work is like a twisted version of a dreamworld. It is crazy and bizarre and yet it fits together and makes some kind of weird sense while you look at it, as if you were in a dream. That's how I feel, anyway. :)
ReplyDeleteAmanda,
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