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- catalog abstract ""Life magazine wrote that one funhouse at the 1939 New York World's Fair stood out among the others: Salvador Dali's Dream of Venus." "The building's modern expressionist exterior, with an entrance framed by a woman's legs, and shocking interior, including the bare-breasted "living liquid ladies" who swam inside the tanks, was a controversial sensation. The funhouse was so successful that it reopened for a second season after the fair closed. But once torn down it faded from memory, and its outlandishness became the stuff of urban myth. Now, more than sixty years later, a collection of Dream of Venus images by noted photographer Eric Schaal has been discovered and presented here in its depth and beauty. In stunning black-and-white and early Kodachrome, the photographs show both the construction and the completion of the funhouse - from Dali painting a melting clock to showgirls parading for their audience. Salvador Dali's Dream of Venus reveals not only a mind-boggling work of architecture, but also a unique creation by one of the most fertile imaginations of the twentieth century."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Dream of Venus".
- catalog contributor b12750744.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Life magazine wrote that one funhouse at the 1939 New York World's Fair stood out among the others: Salvador Dali's Dream of Venus." "The building's modern expressionist exterior, with an entrance framed by a woman's legs, and shocking interior, including the bare-breasted "living liquid ladies" who swam inside the tanks, was a controversial sensation. The funhouse was so successful that it reopened for a second season after the fair closed. But once torn down it faded from memory, and its outlandishness became the stuff of urban myth. Now, more than sixty years later, a collection of Dream of Venus images by noted photographer Eric Schaal has been discovered and presented here in its depth and beauty. In stunning black-and-white and early Kodachrome, the photographs show both the construction and the completion of the funhouse - from Dali painting a melting clock to showgirls parading for their audience. Salvador Dali's Dream of Venus reveals not only a mind-boggling work of architecture, but also a unique creation by one of the most fertile imaginations of the twentieth century."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-159).".
- catalog description "Walking the dream -- Locating the dream -- Plotting the dream -- Finding the dream -- Funding the dream -- Dal-̕niating the dream -- Censoring the dream -- Realizing the dream -- Unveiling the dream -- Repressing the dream -- Analyzing the dream -- Performing the dream -- Ending the dream.".
- catalog extent "159 p. :".
- catalog identifier "156898359X (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Princeton Architectural Press,".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "709/.2 21".
- catalog subject "Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989. Dream of Venus.".
- catalog subject "Exhibition buildings New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "Installations (Art) New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "N7113.D3 A64 2002".
- catalog subject "New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)".
- catalog subject "New York World's Fair (1939-1940)".
- catalog subject "Schaal, Eric.".
- catalog subject "Surrealism Exhibitions.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Walking the dream -- Locating the dream -- Plotting the dream -- Finding the dream -- Funding the dream -- Dal-̕niating the dream -- Censoring the dream -- Realizing the dream -- Unveiling the dream -- Repressing the dream -- Analyzing the dream -- Performing the dream -- Ending the dream.".
- catalog title "Dream of Venus".
- catalog title "Salvador Dalí's Dream of Venus : the surrealist funhouse from the 1939 World's Fair / Ingrid Schaffner ; photographs by Eric Schaal.".
- catalog type "text".