The Infanta Margaret Visual Analysis
Downtown St. Petersburg, Florida is the home of the largest Salvador Dali art collection outside of Europe. The Salvador Dali museum took its first breath on March 7th, 1982. This historical building holds 96 oil paintings, more than 100 water colors and drawings, and 1,300 graphics, photographs and sculptures. This location is also the home of 7 out of 18 masterworks done by Dali. Salvador Dali left an outstanding line of art behind on January 23, 1989, He actually passed away in his hometown, Figueres, Spain. While exploring the museum I came across the painting “Homage to Crick and Watson” also known as “Galacidalacidesoxyribonucleiacid”. This painting immediately became my favorite work of art in the museum. Dali created this painting in 1963, placing it amongst the Pop art movement. The image was with oil on canvas. The title of the work of art can be a little
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The image was created in 1958 by Dali, using oil on canvas. This work of art isn’t as big as the “Homage to Crick and Watson”, standing at 60 ½ by 36 ¼ inches. Just as the title suggests the painting depicts the late Spanish princess Infanta or also known as Margarita. This is image was very hard for me to break down and understand the meaning and interpret the thoughts of Dali while he was creating it. Dali admired the technique of Velazquez , so in this painting he demonstrates his admiration of the way Velazquez paints. In the left hand corner I see a room or office with multiple people in it. The farther away I stand from the image I can also see a women’s face, which is said to be the Spanish princess. There also is a soldier or knight standing near her on the left bottom corner, making it known that she is royalty. Throughout the rest of the image Dali expressed his love for atomic energy. He put multiple splashes of colors throughout the work of art representing atomic
The image was created in 1958 by Dali, using oil on canvas. This work of art isn’t as big as the “Homage to Crick and Watson”, standing at 60 ½ by 36 ¼ inches. Just as the title suggests the painting depicts the late Spanish princess Infanta or also known as Margarita. This is image was very hard for me to break down and understand the meaning and interpret the thoughts of Dali while he was creating it. Dali admired the technique of Velazquez , so in this painting he demonstrates his admiration of the way Velazquez paints. In the left hand corner I see a room or office with multiple people in it. The farther away I stand from the image I can also see a women’s face, which is said to be the Spanish princess. There also is a soldier or knight standing near her on the left bottom corner, making it known that she is royalty. Throughout the rest of the image Dali expressed his love for atomic energy. He put multiple splashes of colors throughout the work of art representing atomic