"T H E O N LY DIFF E R ENC E BETW E E N MY S ELF A N D A MA D MA N, IS T HAT IA M NOT MA D !" -SA LVA DO R DA LI s he grew as a painter, Dali began using new inhabited by African villagers. But when the artist looked at niques. His goal, as always, was to jar the viewer the again, he saw something very ent. Hard with the unexpected. You've seen one method forms became soft, spaces became shapes, dark areas metamorphosis (page 5), which involves Paranoic became light. So Dali painted the image, calling it ual change. Another was the double image, in which Face. In this work, the stone hut forms a face. The people one image is suddenly perceived in a different way. and cast shadows become eyes, nose, and mouth. The trees What do you see when you look at the work below? turn into hair. This optical illusion expresses Dali's belief Can you make out a row of people sitting in front of a that what a person sees depends rounded building? This painting was inspired by a photo entirely on his or her unconscious mind. graph. When Dali first viewed it, he saw a rural scene Infancy, Old Age , Adolescence, In , Dali again
"T H E O N LY DIFF E R ENC E BETW E E N MY S ELF A N D A MA D MA N, IS T HAT IA M NOT MA D !" -SA LVA DO R DA LI s he grew as a painter, Dali began using new niques. His goal, as always, was to jar the viewer with the unexpected. You've seen one metamorphosis (page 5), which involves ual change. Another method was the double image, in which one image is suddenly perceived in a different way. What do you see when you look at the work below? Can you make out a row of people sitting in front of a rounded building? This painting was inspired by a graph. When Dali first viewed it, he saw a rural scene inhabited by African villagers. But when the artist looked at the photo again, he saw something very ent. Hard forms became soft, spaces became shapes, dark areas became light. So Dali painted the image, calling it Paranoic Face. In this work, the stone hut forms a face. The people and cast shadows become eyes, nose, and mouth. The trees turn into hair. This optical illusion expresses Dali's belief that what a person sees depends entirely on his or her unconscious mind. In Old Age , Adolescence, Infancy, , Dali again