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Title
Atomic
and
Uranian
Melancholic
Idyll
.
Creator
Dali, Salvador (Spanish painter and printmaker, 1904-1989)
Date
1945
Cultural Context
Spanish
European
Western European
Style/Period
Surrealist
Modern (styles and periods)
Modernist
Theme
Paintings (visual works)
Oil paintings (visual works)
Avant-garde
Fantasy
Imagery
Illusion
Optical illusion
Ambiguity
Symbolism (artistic concept)
Symbols
Fear
Anxiety
Nuclear wars
Nuclear bombs
Bombs (explosive weapons)
Atoms
Figures (representations)
Front views
Three-quarter views
Oblique views
Profiles (figures)
Heads (representations)
Heads (animal or human components)
Faces (animal or human components)
Men (male humans)
Athletes
Motion
Costume (mode of fashion)
Sports clothing
Sports uniforms
Uniforms
Baseball caps
Caps (headgear)
Headgear
Hats
Bats (game equipment)
Sports
Baseball (field sport)
Ball games
Games
Aircraft
Airplanes
Bombers
Strategic bombers
Military aircraft
Fixed-wing aircraft
Heavier than air aircraft
Vehicles (transportation)
Propellers
Subject
Paintings
Oil paintings
Fantasy
Optical illusions
Symbols
Fear
Disgrace
Anxiety
Distress
Nuclear war
Nuclear weapons
Atomic bombs
Atoms
Faces
Heads (Anatomy)
Men
Baseball players
Baseball umpires
Athletes
People associated with entertainment & sports
Locomotion
Human locomotion
Clothing & dress
Sport clothes
Uniforms
Hats
Sporting goods
Baseball bats
Baseball
Sports
Games
Airplanes
Aircraft
Bombers
Fighter planes
Air warfare
Airplane wings
Airplane propellers
Vehicles
Military vehicles
Description
"The
atom
bomb
was
good
news
for
Dali's
commercial
art.
"
(Caption)
; "The
New
York
Times
reviewer
of the
Sentimental
Colloquy
had
said
correctly
that
Dali's
'Surrealist'
paintings
were
now
executed
according
to a
mere
formula
. That was also
Edward
James's
view
.
Dali
needed
new
subjects
and
new
techniques
if he was
going
to
continue
interesting
the
American
public
. The
answer
came
when
the
Americans
dropped
Little
Boy
on
Hiroshima
.
[…]
'The
atomic
explosion
of
6
August
1945
shook
me
seismically,'
Dali
claims
in the
Unspeakable
Confessions
.
'Thenceforth
, the
atom
was
my
favorite
food
for
thought
.
Many
of the
landscapes
painted
in this
period
express
the
great
fear
inspired
in
me
by the
announcement
of that
explosion.'
In the
wake
of the
bomb
,
Dali
,
who
since
the
1920s
had
professed
an
interest
in
science
,
began
to
explore
the
potential
for his
painting
of the
world
of
protons
and
neutrons
.
Thus
would be
born
his
'atomic
period'
.
(Excerpt
,
pp.488-489)
Material
Oil on canvas
Oil paint (pigmented coating)
Canvas
Measurements
65 x 85 cm
Technique
Oil painting (technique)
Painting (image-making)
Work Type
Oil paintings
Paintings
Repository
Private collection
Source
Gibson, Ian. The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali. New York; London: W.W. Norton, 1998. (Color plate XXXII)
Rights
Photograph reproduced in Gibson courtesy: Private collection.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
2447-24.jpg
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