A Journey into the Artworks of Salvador DaliOn May 11, 1904 a young artist named Salvador Dali was born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. An artist who grew up and worked would have an impact on the world. Dali has several museums around the world with his works on display. During my visit to the Dali Museum located in St. Petersburg, Florida, it was an intriguing and informative journey into the artwork of Salvador Dali. During his journey as a young artist, before finding his home in the realm of surrealism, Dali had experiences with other styles of painting such as realism, impressionism, and cubism. According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, realism is “The representation in art or literature of objects, actions, or social conditions as they really are, without idealization or presentation in abstract form.” Dali exemplifies this in his painting Basket of Bread (1926). Another style used in his early days was impressionism; "A theory or style of painting originating and developed in France during the 1870s, characterized by concentration on the immediate visual impression made by a scene and by the use of unmixed primary colors and small strokes to simulate reflected light real" (American Heritage Dictionary), this style is used in the View of Cadaques” (1904). In “Honey is Sweeter than Blood” we see Dali exemplifying Cubism, which is “a non-objective school of painting and sculpture developed in Paris in the early 20th century, characterized by the reduction and fragmentation of natural forms into abstract structures, often geometric, usually rendered as a set of discrete planes” (American Heritage Dictionary). Dali's most popular painting is The Persistence of Memory (1931). Depicted in...the center of the card......of "cubism". The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. Reference to the Creed. Network. February 18, 2011."Impressionism." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. Reference to the Creed. Network. February 18, 2011."realism." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. Reference to the Creed. Network. February 18, 2011."surrealism." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. Reference to the Creed. Network. February 18, 2011.Steven Winn. "PAINTING A PICTURE OF THE CREATIVE MIND / It is in this delicate negotiation of conscious choices and unconscious calls that art finds its form and communicative power: [FINAL EDITION]. " San Francisco Chronicle May 28, 2007, ProQuest Newsstand, ProQuest. Network. February 15. 2011.