I found this portrait of Salvador Dali at http://www.thypott-art.com/artist/Salvador_Dali.I would like to analyze Salvador Dali's painting The Persistence of Memory. Dali's painting from 1931 is an important attribute to the Surrealist movement of the 20th century. "The Surrealists were a group of artists who sought to explore an inner reality beyond the rational world of the sense" (Basquin). Dali's painting The Persistence of Memory resembles an dreamlike quality which fits well into his time period. I would also like to analyze the techniques Dali used to create his very bizarre painting. Dali used the art element of value in The Persistence of Memory to make it more realistic, even though his painting is not a real physical place.
The techniques Dali uses in his painting help him to create something that is realistic looking but also very fantasy like.
Basquin, Kit. "Salvador Dali: Images of the Surreal." School Arts 91.8 (1992): 33+. Academic OneFile. Web. 2 Nov. 2009.
