The Dali Legacy, JeanPierre Isbouts
The Dali Legacy, JeanPierre Isbouts
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The Dalí Legacy
How an Eccentric Genius Changed the Art World and Created a Lasting Legacy

Author: Jean-Pierre Isbouts, Christopher Heath Brown, Frank Hunter

Narrator: Charlie Thurston

Unabridged: 6 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/31/2023


Synopsis

In turns beloved and reviled, twentieth century art, painter, filmmaker, and designer Salvador Dalí set Europe and the United States ablaze with his uncompromising genius, sexual sadism, and flirtations with megalomania. His shocking behavior and work frequently alienated critics; his views were so outrageous, even prominent Surrealists tried to ostracize him. Still, every morning he experienced "an exquisite joy—the joy of being Salvador Dalí," and, through a remarkable talent that invited bewilderment, anger, and adoration, rose to unprecedented levels of fame—forever shifting the landscape of the art world and the nature of celebrity itself.

In this stunning volume, noted art historians Jean-Pierre Isbouts and Christopher Heath Brown discuss the historical, social, and political conditions that shaped Dalí's work, identify the impact of Modern as well as Old Master art, and present an unflinching view of the master's personal relationships and motivations. With their deeply compelling narrative, Isbouts and Brown uncover how Dalí's visual wit and enduring cult of personality still impacts fashion, literature, and art, from Andy Warhol to Lady Gaga, and seeks to answer why, in an age of shock and awe, Dalí's art still manages to distress, perplex, and entertain.

About Jean-Pierre Isbouts

Jean-Pierre Isbouts is an art historian and a doctoral professor at Fielding Graduate University. He is the author of nine books, including The Biblical World, In the Footsteps of Jesus, and The Story of Christianity, which have sold nearly 1.3 million copies, and together with Christopher Heath Brown, the coauthor of two prior books on Leonardo da Vinci, The Mona Lisa Myth and Young Leonardo. Dr. Isbouts has been on numerous radio and TV shows and is the host of the TV series In Search of Masterpieces. He has directed several programs for Disney, ABC, Hallmark, and the History Channel, working with actors such as Leonard Nimoy, Charlton Heston, Dick van Dyke, and Morgan Freeman, and produced recordings with orchestras around the world. His accomplishments in the art world include being credited with the discovery that a copy of Leonardo's Last Supper in a convent in Belgium was actually painted by Leonardo and his workshop. Dr. Isbouts lives in Santa Monica, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cecilia on May 28, 2023

Like 3.8 but i got kinda bored towards the end......more

Goodreads review by Brenden on August 23, 2021

Books, even those with a self-evident goal like a biography, work best with a point of view and with an argument to make. "The Dalí Legacy" is a great example of how such a position can invigorate well-litigated terrain. The authors make the straightforward but kind of provocative argument that it i......more

Goodreads review by David on July 29, 2024

I like this as a better than Wikipedia, it’s very serviceable and readable. I’m not sure that the book does what the title says it does (the claim that he changed the art world). It seems to me that the thesis is that Dali held the masters in high regard and drew on them in his own creative developm......more

Goodreads review by BookLover on March 23, 2021

Fascinating! I learned a ton about Dali. This is a remarkable, compelling dive and beautifully illustrated with images throughout. Not at all academic–exciting, surprising, colorful.......more

Goodreads review by Noah on April 12, 2023

Dali was an egomaniacal, bombastic, fascist-friendly douchebag who it is impossible to like. He is also an absurd figure who frequently sounded ridiculous when he explained his ideas about art. But he wasn't boring and his paintings weren't either. Also, you have to admire his willingness to continu......more