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Salvador Dali: Illustrations of Montaigne’s Essays, Alice in Wonderland and the Zodiac

October 7, 2013 at 2:23 pm

When we think of great artists, unless we are expert scholars of them, we tend to think of their most popular masterpiece(s). The name Van Gogh brings to mind Starry Night, while Da Vinci makes one immediately think of the Mona Lisa. For Salvador Dali it may very well be The Persistance of Memory, or […]

By vpriest | Posted in Art | Also tagged Montaigne | Comments (0)

Salvador Dali Show on View at Hillel

May 7, 2013 at 1:10 pm

Relating to the Core’s study of the Old and New Testaments, is a fascinating series of lithographs from later in Salvador Dali’s career, titled Aliyah: The Rebirth of Israel, depicting the history of the Jewish people’s return to Israel. Here is an extract from BU Today’s article on the topic: While 250 copies of the Aliyahlithographs were […]

By mdimov | Posted in Academics, Art, Community, Curriculum, Great Ideas, Great Personalities | Also tagged Art, commemoration, exhibition, history, Israel, jewish, paintings | Comments (0)

Salvador Dali: Dante’s Paradiso

April 30, 2013 at 11:49 am

Relating to CC102′s study of Dante’s Divine Comedy are illustrations made by Salvador Dali for Paradiso. Here is a sample: For the full set of images, visit bit.ly/16iqVvI. To view Dali’s illustrations for Inferno, visit bit.ly/10jHp1E, and for Purgatorio, visit bit.ly/17H3fQT.

By mdimov | Posted in Academics, Art, Community, Core Authors, Curriculum, Great Ideas, Great Personalities | Also tagged dante, Dante Alighieri, drawing, illustration, painting, Paradiso, picture, The Divine Comedy | Comments (0)

Salvador Dali: Dante’s Purgatorio

April 17, 2013 at 3:27 pm

Relating to CC102’s study of Dante’s Divine Comedy are illustrations made by Salvador Dali for Purgatorio. Here is a sample: For the full set of images, visit bit.ly/16MKCYi. To view Dali’s illustrations for Inferno, visit bit.ly/10jHp1E, and for Paradiso, visit bit.ly/17vAa9P.

By mdimov | Posted in Academics, Art, Community, Core Authors, Curriculum, Great Ideas, Great Personalities, Great Questions | Also tagged Art, CC102, Dali, dante, drawing, illustration, picture, Purgatorio, Purgatory | Comments (0)

Salvador Dali: Dante’s Inferno

April 5, 2013 at 11:45 am

Relating to CC102’s study of Dante’s Divine Comedy are illustrations made by Salvador Dali for Inferno. Here is a sample: For the full set of images, visit bit.ly/14TfLgu. To view Dali’s illustrations for Purgatorio, visit bit.ly/17H3fQT, and for Paradiso, visit bit.ly/17vAa9P.

By mdimov | Posted in Academics, Art, Core Authors, Great Ideas, Great Personalities | Also tagged book, CC102, dante, Divine Comedy, drawing, illustration, inferno, painting, picture | Comments (0)

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