What’s Inside the Mind of Salvador Dali?
Faith, physics, and the philosophy of an artist.
Every so often, an artist or musician upsets the traditionalist view of what is considered an epic work of art. From Jimi Hendrix to Vincent Van Gogh, we have taken part in what has upset the norm.
One such artist agitated the art world. His name is Salvador Dali.
He was a revolutionary, who at one point in his life supported a dictatorship. He was a Catholic who created artwork that upset the religious world.
He was the greatest of the surrealist painters fashioning some of the most profound works dealing with real concepts, including death, time, sex, and faith.
Who could forget his portraits depicting his upturned mustache as an upended walrus tusk? Always one to push the envelope, he shook the art world and the world of philosophy both.
To attempt to gain a minute insight into the thoughts and ideas of Dali, let’s examine his painting, The Sacrament of the Last Supper.
This piece of art was produced during the midpoint of Dali’s life. He was no longer the young, impetuous artist, but a middle-aged married man.
He had lived through two world wars. He had mastered the art of tapping into the subconscious (in an…
