Given that the OSU campus is covered in snow, and snowmen of various shapes and sizes are popping up everywhere, I thought I’d dedicate today’s blag post to some of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes snowman comics. Enjoy.
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Category: Art
More commonly known as Salvador Dalí. He was the most famous painter of the Surrealist Movement and his personal style reflected visions of the world of the unconscious that is recalled during our dreams. I’ll save his biography for a later time because today I want to focus on his art (and because it’s a lot easier to find pictures than it is to string facts together to write a short biography; I’m feeling lazy today.)
Dali’s most famous and recognized work is “The Persistence of Memory,” featuring the image of the soft melting pocket watch. It epitomizes Dalí’s theory of ‘softness’ and ‘hardness’, which was central to his thinking at the time.
“The Metamorphosis of Narcissus” is a painting based on the Greek myth of Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection. Unable to look away, he slowly wasted away and his body was transformed into the narcissus flower after his death.
“Sleep” deals with a Freudian theme of the world of dreams that has fascinated the Surrealists who believed that the freedom of the subconscious within sleep could be tapped into and then realized creatively in their art. This painting is an attempt to duplicate the dream world into canvas.
“The Temptation of St. Anthony” is a painting based on the often-repeated subject in history of art and literature, concerning the supernatural temptation reportedly faced by Saint Anthony the Great during his sojourn in the Egyptian desert. The elephants, portrayed with long, thin, multijointed legs are a recurring motif in Dali’s work. Personally, I find the image of the elephants spellbinding; they repulse me almost to the point of naseua, yet I find I cannot look away. I’ve had nightmares based on the painting below.
Truly bizarre. Anyway, with that in mind, enjoy your Thursday. The weekend is almost here!
(Photo Credit: artquotes.net, tate.org)
