A Visit to the Salvador Dali Museum

Saturday morning after breakfast at the Lucky Dill, we headed to The Dali Museum.  The museum houses works from the Spanish artist Salvador Dali.  Dali was born in 1904 and lived until 1989.  His work is primarily surreal.  Merriam Webster defines surreal as very strange or unusual : having the quality of a dream, marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream; also : unbelievable.  Dali's work is most definitely surreal.  This museum is a beautiful work of architecture which houses 96 oil paintings ads well as many original drawings.

One of his most famous works entitled  The Persistence of Memory featuring a melting clock  can be seen here.

Each of these triangular glass pieces is a different size.  During the construction of the building each glass piece was marked with a identifying number.   From this point on the third floor we could see the city marina.  

Outside we found the Labyrinth, the Wish tree, the Golden Rectangle.    The Golden Rectangle is a has been known as one having a pleasing shape, whose side lengths adhere to the Golden Ratio.  The Golden Rectangle  is frequently found in art and architecture.  There is much more math required to explain the ratio and its relationship to the nautilus pictured above but rest assured there is some link.   The simple version is that the Golden Rectangle fits perfectly inside the nautilus.

Melting Clock on a bench

The colorful wishing tree is made from the admission ticket bracelets to the museum

Entrance to the labyrinth

 This dolphin sculpture outside the museum captures much of Dali's life and artwork.  I found his image as a small child on the dolphin.  He placed this childhood image on many of his works. 

Dali with the blue had and uniform. 

Perfect place for a rest after visiting the museum.