| − | '''Salvador Dali''' (1904-1989, both born and died in Figueres, [[Spain]]) was a Spanish [[Surrealism|Surrealist]] painter and sculptor, whose work includes one of the 15 most famous paintings of all time: ''[[The Persistence of Memory]]'' (1931), as displayed at the [[Museum of Modern Art]]. Surrealism was a more [[conservative]] alternative to [[Cubism]], which was a competing trend in art throughout the 1900s. '''''Dali's [[surrealism]] incorporated concepts of science and even [[infinity]], unlike Cubism's rebellion against [[logic]]'''''. Dali's work is featured in [[Hollywood]] movies (the 2022 movie ''Daliland'' is a biopic about him<ref>https://deadline.com/2022/08/daliland-ezra-miller-tiff-closing-night-film-1235088092/</ref>), [[avant-garde]] television ads, and illustrations of the [[Bible]]. | + | '''Salvador Dali''' (1904-1989, both born and died in Figueres, [[Spain]]) was a Spanish [[Surrealism|Surrealist]] painter and sculptor, whose work includes one of the 15 most famous paintings of all time: ''[[The Persistence of Memory]]'' (1931), as displayed at the [[Museum of Modern Art]]. Surrealism was a more [[conservative]] alternative to [[Cubism]], which was a competing trend in art throughout the 1900s. '''''Dali's [[surrealism]] incorporated concepts of science and even [[infinity]], unlike Cubism's rebellion against [[logic]]'''''. Dali's work is featured in [[Hollywood]] movies,<ref>The 2022 movie ''Daliland'' is a biopic about Dali. [https://deadline.com/2022/08/daliland-ezra-miller-tiff-closing-night-film-1235088092/]</ref>), [[avant-garde]] television ads, and illustrations of the [[Bible]]. |
| | '''''[[Pro-life]], Dali was inspired by his memories of his pre-born existence prior to his birth'''''. Dali did spectacular spiritual paintings, including many illustrations of Dante's ''[[Divine Comedy]]'' as commissioned by [[Italy]], and the [[Immaculate Conception]] as commissioned by the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] (the Madonna of Port Lligat, 1949<ref>https://epublications.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1731&context=phil_fac</ref>). | | '''''[[Pro-life]], Dali was inspired by his memories of his pre-born existence prior to his birth'''''. Dali did spectacular spiritual paintings, including many illustrations of Dante's ''[[Divine Comedy]]'' as commissioned by [[Italy]], and the [[Immaculate Conception]] as commissioned by the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] (the Madonna of Port Lligat, 1949<ref>https://epublications.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1731&context=phil_fac</ref>). |