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Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989.

Dalí's optical illusions / edited by Dawn Ades.

Hartford, Conn. : Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art ; New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©2000.

195 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

"This book focuses on a central but relatively unexamined aspect of the work of Salvador Dali: his fascination with optical effects and visual perception. The book examines Dali's use of various pictorial techniques, photography, and holograms to further his exploration of visual perception and the ways that optical illusion affects our sense of reality." "This book is the catalogue for an exhibition at the Wardsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; and at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh."--Jacket.

Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 -- Exhibitions.

Optical illusions in art -- Exhibitions.

Visual perception -- Exhibitions.

Surrealism -- Spain.

Painting, Spanish -- 20th century.

Exhibition catalogs.

Ades, Dawn.

Wadsworth Atheneum.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn., Jan. 13-Mar. 26, 2000, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., Apr. 20-June 18, 2000, and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, July 25-Oct. 1, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references.

Dalí's optical illusions / Dawn Ades -- "Artificial magic" / Peter C. Sutton -- "I am not a madman" : Salvador Dalí in Hartford / Eric M. Zafran -- Dalí's permanent provocation / Antonio Pitxot and Montse Aguer.

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