Word: atomica
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Raphael's self portrait. Now, his ambition was to "recreate Raphael" in oils. But instead of a Raphaelesque Madonna, Dali had chosen for his "masterpiece" the Greek myth of Leda (whom Zeus seduced, in the guise of a swan). Dali's up-to-the-minute title: Leda Atomica. "Le head," explained Dali in his scrambled English, "ees the most finish. Le figure weel remain très clair. Le rest weel become très nocturne. Weel appear new architectures and rocks dans...
...Uranium and Atomica Melancholica Idyll-which looked like a hastily dreamed-up nightmare to cash in on the atomic news: it seemed to be partly about elephants with giraffe's legs, and partly about ballplayers sliding into third...