Oil on Canvas 1949
I would like to preface that although Dali falls outside the realms of acceptable dates when searching through the plethora of Leda images on ARTSTOR this one jumped out at me. I love the modernized look of Leda and thought it would be an interesting comparison when contrasted agianst the other four from earlier time periods.
Dali's contemporary modern Leda puts leda with the atomic bomb hence the title. The painting seems to be elevating as most elements are not grounded. According to Wikipedia Leda is a portriat of Dali's wife Gala.
On a pedestal, the swan behind her, his interesting use of light and shadow and lack of perspective. Her the shadows fall not from her body but from objects around her. Books, a stepping stool (thanks wikipedia had a hard time determining what that was) and an egg dangle in mid air around her.
In strict mathematical proportion Dali lays out the scene. I was interested in the Atomic Bomb factor and exactly how that played into the myth of Leda. "Her right hand suggest her urge for something that is yet unclear to even herself. The hatched egg could represent the fruit of union of leda with the swan" (wikipedia)
Dali's devout religious beliefs convey another level of interpretation. "The painting can be conceived as Dali's way of interpreting the Annunciation."(Wikipedia)
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