RONSARD 1968

In his rendition of "Les Amours de Cassandre" by Ronsard, Dali illustrates the favorite themes of the famous poet and humanist from the French Renaissance. Hi wonderful portrait of Ronsard, wearing a toga and a wreath of laurel, is a humorous reminder of the "Carpe Diem" of Epicurus. Love, death and the passing of time, expressed with much refinement and harmony in their association with the cycles of nature, remind us of our vulnerability as mortal beings. In "L'Art Poetique", Ronsard compared poetry with painting: "The ear is the judge of the structure of verse, while the eye is the judge of brushtrokes". Intuitively, he had open the way to a dalinian interpretation.

RONSARD'S PORTRAIT 248
PICASSO'S HORSE 249
NUDE 250
COUPLE AND CANDLE 251
GIRL AND TORCH 252
WEEPING WILLOW 253
GIRL WITH A PAGE 254
BICEPHALOUS 255
THE FISHERMAN 256
THE FAIRY 257