Sean

Favila Aldous Cajudo Benjamin Almazam Mhykl Nieves

HUMAART C31

Le Sommeil (Salvador Dali) Analysis This painting is no doubt surrealism. The morphing of objects into unusual shapes and dimensions, and unorthodox lines clearly are the giveaways. Dali also made use of both the warm and cool colors, using just enough to make the necessary contrasts between the primary and secondary subjects. He used the colors so well that despite the main focus of the painting being in the center, its distinct contrast from the background (everything else), because of Dalis use of color, draws the audience to the center unconsciously. Additionally, the colors draw feelings as well. The warm colors evoke mild hostile emotions while the cool colors create a more melancholic, gloomy response. Dalis description of the painting was, The act of sleeping was a monster sustained on the crutches of reality The metaphor is indeed very abstract however, it implies that Dali feared sleep. In the year 1936, a film by Joseph Cornell Rose Hobart, was accused by Dali to have been a rip-off of his ideas. Dali accused Cornell for being a thief and robbing him of his concepts. This unexpected reaction from Dali subjected into numerous interpretations. One of them being: He stole my dreams. Knowing that particularly experience of Dalis, we think that his idea for the painting Le Sommeil was drawn from this particular occurrence in his life. It posed to be quite traumatic for him based on his description of his painting. Referring once again to his description of the painting, we can now say that because of Cornells act, Dali, at the time, realized and felt that his ideas were no longer safe if he was unconscious and asleep. He probably thought that he need not sleep and mustnt in order to prevent something like that from happening again. Hence his description of his painting.