The Little Book of Dali

by Alyse Gaultier

Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Dalí's birth, a compact museumgoer's guide to the life, times, and works of one of the most notorious personalities of twentiethcentury art, and one of its most intriguing minds. The Little Book of Dalí provides a portable guide that is still a fully detailed biographical portrait. With an introduction followed by over seventy thematic entries on various aspects of Dalí's life and work, numerous full color reproductions of his most significant paintings, as well as an excellent chronology and bibliography this volume is both comprehensive and accessible.

Flammarion presents its series of informative, richly illustrated guides, covering lifestyle and cultural topics. Find out everything you want to know about your favorite subject in one handy volume.

• Unique thematic treatment with extensive use of key words and cross-referencing
• Over 70 alphabetically organized bite-sized entries in every title
• Attractive slimline format
• 100 color illustrations
• Summaries of key facts and dates in easy-reference tables
• Exclusive buyer's guide or list of useful addresses to find out more

Genres: Nonfiction

120 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Keen Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been a big fan of Dali (his work, not the man) for years. It's funny as Dali is one of those artists who is so woven into so much of popular western culture, that you can almost forget that someone actually had to come up with these ideas in the first place.

The sheer invention, creativity, intensity and talent involved in bringing these to life is simply immense. There is just so much in there, and in spite of the mass sellout and silly politics etc, Dali remains a titan in the history of modern art.

This book had a bit of a strange format and could be a bit all over the place, and the odd typo too, but still I really enjoyed it. It's not quite up there with other books on Dali I've read in the past, but I got a lot out of this.

[David Ross · Rating 3 out of 5]

Describes itself as an intro to dali and that is spot on. A literal A- Z of Dali's colorful life. Nothing of great depth but will start you off if you wish to explore further this great standard bearer for surrealism. One reflection i had was how his influence has seeped into many different art forms, very prevalent in popular culture.

[Nameless S. Essays · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book is woefully unorganized and contains redundant descriptions or accounts(sometimes quoting itself verbatim). My version had 5 pages (66-70) ripped out, so maybe that would make up for it. I believe a wikipedia rabbit hole on surrealism may be more productive.

[Jack Coleman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good information on one of the outstanding abstract painters of our generation
Avida Dollars was nick name coined by Andre Breton as an anagram of Dali's name,as a reproach for his
commercialism.