[Liz]

Dali....understood the classical painting methods, and swam against the stream by using them in the 20th century.

Dali's juxtapositon of style and subject were exquisitly detailed---he worked on some of these huge canvases for months.

Salvador Dali----1954 Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus)---Metropolitan Museum of Art

[nycgal]

I saw this painting at the Met when I was an art student, many years ago, and it took my breath away. I was told that the model for Mary was his wife.