god of the sun
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The god of the sun shields himself from his domain in Dalí's painting 'The Colossus of Rhodes'. The painting exemplifies Dalí's preoccupations with cinema, history, and science. Dalí's Colossus resembles comic-book superheroes and, particularly in the preparatory version, the Statue of Liberty.
When
- Attested period
- 1945 – 1956
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Source passages
“It is only marginally surrealist—the god of the sun shields himself from his domain—and resembles a poster, befitting a work commissioned for a film. Dalí's Colossus resembles comic-book superheroes and, particularly in the preparatory version, the Statue of Liberty.”
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