Famous works by Salvador Dali

"Metamorphosis of Narcissus"
"Metamorphosis of Narcissus" painting by Spanish artist Salvador Dali, written in 1937. Currently located at the Tate Gallery in London. The essence of metamorphosis - in making figures of narcissus in a huge stone hand and head - the egg. Dali uses the Spanish proverb "bulb sprouted in the head," which designated obsessions and complexes. Narcissism boys - and there is a similar complex. Narcissus golden skin - a reference to the dictum of Ovid: "golden wax slowly melts and flows away from the fire ... so melts and flows away love."

" The Persistence of Memory "
" The Persistence of Memory " is one of the most famous paintings by the artist Salvador Dali. Located in the Museum of Modern Art in New York since 1934. This small picture - probably the most famous work of Dali. Softness hanging and flowing hours - an image that could be described as follows: " it is distributed into the unconscious , enlivening the universal human experience of time and memory ." Here there is also Dali himself as sleeping head , have already appeared in "Funeral Game " and other paintings . The painting was painted as a result of associations arising from Dali at the sight of melted cheese .

" Sleep "
" Sleep " - Salvador Dali painting , which he wrote in 1937. Sleep was very important to Dali, through it he described his paranoid fantasies. In this painting, Dali painted a large , soft head with a missing body. Sleeping embodying dream must set props that support the head and facial features remain . Props talk about the fragility of reality - even the dog drawn in the lower left corner of the picture , you need a backup to keep from falling to the ground. Blue color painting reinforces isolation from rational world . The painting is part of a series of works called Dali "Paranoia and the war ." Dali painted it at Cape Creus, where he sought a "real , real basis of Dreams" and tried to escape from oblivion.

" Soft Construction with Boiled Beans ( Premonition of Civil War ) "
" Soft Construction with Boiled Beans ( Premonition of Civil War ) " - a picture of the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali. Dali painting was painted in 1936 , shortly before the start of the Spanish Civil War . Entire central portion of the web takes a strange structure of human hands and feet, its shape resembles the outline of Spain. Construction like hangs over traditional Dali low horizon. Below ground strewn boiled beans . The combination of these items creates absurd morbidly fantastic combination , convey the impression of Dali from the events in those years in Spain.