Research Paper On Salvador Dali

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Dali like to experiment in different forms of art, allowing him to express himself.
Salvador Dali was most known for his surrealism artwork.
His contribution to the surrealism movement was the "Paranoiac-Critical Method". This would utilize your subconscious parts of the mind to have an artistic inspiration. (This would allow his imagination and creativeness to flow).

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