From School Library Journal
Grade 8 Up?Carter shows Dali's eccentric nature and discusses the influences that shaped his artistic style. He traces the evolution of a showman with a remarkable ability to draw and an insatiable appetite for adulation, thoughtfully setting the sociopolitical stage so that readers can better understand the actor who strutted across it. Gala, Dali's wife of almost 50 years, is shown to have been his inspiration, critic, and agent, as well as a woman whose demand for money pushed him in his later years into producing all manner of stuff that diminished his stature as an artist. Reproductions and photographs in black and white provide useful information, and eight fine, full-color reproductions of works from 1926-1970 show the man's developing style. This book helps students perceive the quality of the work beneath the provocative facade.?Kenneth Marantz, Art Education Department, Ohio State University, Columbus
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
