Author(s): Costantino Porcu

Art and Design

Salvador Dali (Figueras, 1904-1989), painter, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker, the gifted and undisputed protagonist of contemporary art, was one of the century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics. This pocket-sized book, abundantly illustrated, tells the history of his art and life, from his early experiments to his great masterpieces, such as "Young Woman at the Window", "The Enigma of Desire", "The Persistence of Memory", and "Premonition of Civil War", on the twentieth anniversary of his death.