COLLECTION NAME:
Undergraduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
The Lasting Influence: How War, Religion, and Nuclear Physics Were Depicted in Salvador Dalí's Artwork in the 1950s
Creator:
O'Conner, Keeley
Subject:
Thesis (B.F.A.) -- Art History
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Art History
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
"With an intense outlook on life and death, Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) addressed the influences of war, religion, and science through the depiction of his wife, Gala Dalí. This approach included using Gala as a consistent subject that was embedded within the theme of Catholicism during an important period of scientific discovery. The result destined Gala to be associated with Dalí as his ‘muse’ due to the hundreds of depictions of her, including those that embodied her as a saint. This paper will examine how Salvador Dalí's lasting influences such as war, religion, and atomic physics were depicted through his muse Gala Dalí in his artwork during the 1950s. The specific paintings include Lapis-Lazuli Corpuscular Assumption (1952), Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus) (1954), Saint Helena at Portlligat (1956), and Galatea Spheres (1952)." --Abstract
Keywords: Catholicism, civil war, Gala Dalí, nuclear mysticism, paranoiac-critical, psychoanalysis, Salvador Dalí, Surrealism, Spanish Civil War, World War I
Keywords: Catholicism, civil war, Gala Dalí, nuclear mysticism, paranoiac-critical, psychoanalysis, Salvador Dalí, Surrealism, Spanish Civil War, World War I
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia: Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2023-05
Format:
1 online resource: 1 PDF (Thesis, 36 pages, color illustrations)