Amazon.com Review:
"The world will admire me. Perhaps I'll be despised and misunderstood, but I'll be a great genius, I'm certain of it."
At 16, Salvador Dali had already developed the remarkable ego and uncanny perception that would distinguish him as one of the most notorious artists of the 20th century. A self-proclaimed surrealist, an avant-garde exhibitionist, and a criticized commercialist with questionable political affiliations, Dali was anything but benign. Biographer Ian Gibson (Federico Garcia Lorca) argues that the modern master was motivated primarily by the very last thing anyone would suspect him of: a very deep sense of shame. Via the artist's correspondence, diary, and autobiography (The Secret Life of Salvador Dali), Gibson meticulously stitches together the wild characters and deep-dish details of Dali's life: a guilt-ridden childhood, feelings of sexual inadequacy ("...I discovered that my penis was small, pitiful and soft"), his love affairs with Lorca and sex-pot Gala and the real passion of his life, surrealism. Critical, fair, and lively, The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali digs beyond the escapades and outlandish façade to expose the very personal and vulnerable side of one of the world's most eccentric performers.
0 有用 大脸。 2011-11-10 22:31:00
这才是传记。童年对一个人的影响非常之大，作者从达利祖宗几代的生活环境开始到童年上学时学校天花板的艺术表现手法对画家的影响都有描述，生动把这位天才艺术家之所以成为天才艺术家的经过都叙述清楚了。可惜我没有时间看完了。
0 有用 大脸。 2011-11-10 22:31:00
这才是传记。童年对一个人的影响非常之大，作者从达利祖宗几代的生活环境开始到童年上学时学校天花板的艺术表现手法对画家的影响都有描述，生动把这位天才艺术家之所以成为天才艺术家的经过都叙述清楚了。可惜我没有时间看完了。