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Dali's moustaches : an act of homage / Boris Friedewald.
- Title
- Dali's moustaches : an act of homage / Boris Friedewald.
- Author
- Friedewald, Boris
- Publication
- Munich : Prestel, [2016]
- ©2016
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| Text | Request in advance | N7113.D3 F75x 2016 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 151 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 19 cm
- Summary
- "Whether curled into a figure 8 or splayed like a cat's whiskers, Dali's moustache is arguably the world s most famous facial hair. But when asked to explain why he styled it in such bizarre and seemingly comic fashion, the artist remarked that his moustache was the most serious part of his personality. In this book, Boris Friedewald tells the life story of the renowned Spanish Surrealist through the various moustache styles he had throughout his life. Dali cultivated his moustaches he staged them and had them photographed. But these were more than mere vanity projects. Dali s evolving facial hair signifies certain points in the artist's own metamorphosis and was a kind of antenna of his metaphysical inspiration. Illustrated with many intriguing photographs of the artist and his ever-changing moustache, this book describes how Dali cared for and styled his facial hair, and shows how it influenced many artists in his wake from Ringo Starr to Lady Gaga. Filled with anecdotes and engaging commentary about Dali s work, this book offers readers a fascinating new way of looking at the artist, his life, and his legacy." --
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-147).
- Contents
- The multiple lives of Salvador Dalí -- Hairy beginnings -- The surreal menjou moustache -- Communist beards -- Here comes the Dalí moustache -- A paranoiac-critical view: moustache metamorphoses in exile -- Hitler's tragical constant -- Mystical: the moustache as metaphysical antenna -- Absurd: moustache becomes book! -- The "Mona Lisa" and other bearded women -- Moustache wax i, or: the anti-Nietzschean moustache -- Hairy stories: The Beatles, Delilah and Samson -- "Je suis fou": Dalí's moustache as a star of TV and advertising -- Cutting back -- Moustache wax ii, or: philosophical flies -- Dalí is dead - long live Dalí's moustache!
- ISBN
- 9783791382555
- 3791382551
- OCLC
- 946482529
- SCSB-10290267
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library