Salvador Dali's The Temptation Of Saint Anthony

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My artist is Salvador Dali His paintings a lot of times are compared to the horror genre. The painting that inspired me is The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1946 I really like this piece because of the oversized proportions and the amount of detail in the painting the more you observe it the more things you notice and wonder, like the giant elephants lead by the giant horse that inspired him to do certain things. Other things I like is the naked person holding the cross with a halo on his head, He could be trying to keep them away or he could be repenting maybe even praising them. On the ground in front of him you can see a skull More little details I like are what i assume are the normal size people under the elephants. Inside and outside

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