After America, Dali and Galareturned to Portlligat and their beloved fisherman'scottage,...
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After America, Dali and Gala
returned to Portlligat and their beloved fisherman's
cottage, which became his main studio. With his usual personal take, Alistair Sooke got
close to his subject by bringing us inside Dali's home. Look at these enormous windows, just letting in all of this
beautiful Portlligat light. You can imagine a couple of melting
watches floating there and you've got your Dali
masterpiece. He always sat down in this white
armchair and had the canvas arranged on this structure in front of him. And this is really,
really ingenious. It actually allows Dali
to move the canvas up and down through the floor so he could paint
on this vast scale. And you can see all of his paints
and brushes, the details so precise and were so
important to him that he had to use these tools, these very, very fine sable hair
brushes to kind of get the effect
that he needed
returned to Portlligat and their beloved fisherman's
cottage, which became his main studio. With his usual personal take, Alistair Sooke got
close to his subject by bringing us inside Dali's home. Look at these enormous windows, just letting in all of this
beautiful Portlligat light. You can imagine a couple of melting
watches floating there and you've got your Dali
masterpiece. He always sat down in this white
armchair and had the canvas arranged on this structure in front of him. And this is really,
really ingenious. It actually allows Dali
to move the canvas up and down through the floor so he could paint
on this vast scale. And you can see all of his paints
and brushes, the details so precise and were so
important to him that he had to use these tools, these very, very fine sable hair
brushes to kind of get the effect
that he needed
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After America, Dali and Gala
returned to Portlligat
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and their beloved fisherman's
cottage,
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which became his main studio.
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With his usual personal take,
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Alistair Sooke got
close to his subject
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by bringing us inside Dali's home.
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Look at these enormous windows,
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just letting in all of this
beautiful Portlligat light.
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You can imagine a couple of melting
watches floating there
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and you've got your Dali
masterpiece.
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He always sat down in this white
armchair and had the canvas arranged
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on this structure in front of him.
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And this is really,
really ingenious.
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It actually allows Dali
to move the canvas up and down
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through the floor so he could paint
on this vast scale.
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And you can see all of his paints
and brushes,
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the details so precise and were so
important to him
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that he had to use these tools,
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these very, very fine sable hair
brushes
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to kind of get the effect
that he needed.
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Movie Summary
Four young British art historians delve into six decades of the BBC archives to discover the powerful way in which television influences our understanding of the world's greatest artists.
