Painters of Fantasy: From Hieronymus Bosch to Salvador Dali

July 19, 2008 | By Doug In Dali |

Painters of Fantasy: From Hieronymus Bosch to Salvador Dali

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Customer Review: Revealing!!I
Here Dali gives an intresting version of his early life. Egocentric, boastful and just plain odd!! This book exposes the enigma of Dali’s symbolism allowing entry,the door ajar,to his world.
Customer Review: Both an amazingly frank read and a flamboyant self portrait.
This book is impossible to put down. Whilst documenting many of the events surrounding the artist and also his routines through his early thirties, the book is also a whirlwind of comedy, snobbishness, seriousness, self-adoration and fanaticism. Dali was a talented self publicist and some of the references here highlight this. However the book benefits from its authors conviction and passion and when Senor Dali is lacking in modesty it makes reading it commensurately more compelling! It is a hugely riveting read which I challenge anyone not to enjoy. It is also superbly illustrated by Dali throughout.
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