The Temptation of St. Anthony

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painting surrealist painting

The Temptation of St. Anthony is a surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí depicting the saint besieged by fantastical, elongated creatures symbolizing spiritual and earthly temptations.

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Dalí’s painting "The Temptation of St. Anthony" 1
temptation of Saint Anthony 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
surrealist painting ⓘ
artStyle Dalí’s classical period style ⓘ
colorPalette contrasting light and shadow ⓘ
earth tones ⓘ
compositionFeature strong diagonal from foreground to background ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
creator Salvador Dalí ⓘ
depictionStyle hyper-realistic detail with dreamlike distortion ⓘ
depicts Anthony the Great ⓘ
surface form: Saint Anthony the Great

architectural monuments ⓘ
cloudy sky ⓘ
cross held by Saint Anthony ⓘ
desert landscape ⓘ
elephants with long, spindly legs ⓘ
elongated animals ⓘ
fantastical creatures ⓘ
kneeling Saint Anthony ⓘ
nude female figure ⓘ
procession of temptations approaching the saint ⓘ
rearing horse ⓘ
tower-like structures on elephants ⓘ
genre religious art ⓘ
hasTheme asceticism ⓘ
earthly temptation ⓘ
faith ⓘ
spiritual temptation ⓘ
struggle between sacred and profane ⓘ
hasTitleInOriginalLanguage La tentation de Saint Antoine ⓘ
inspiredBy Christian hagiography ⓘ
legend of Saint Anthony’s temptations ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
mainSubject The Temptation of St. Anthony self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: temptation of Saint Anthony
movement Surrealism ⓘ
notableFor complex religious symbolism ⓘ
dramatic perspective ⓘ
elongated, spindly-legged animals ⓘ
originalLanguageOfTitle French ⓘ
partOf Salvador Dalí’s religious works ⓘ
subjectOf art historical analysis ⓘ
religious and psychoanalytic interpretations ⓘ
symbolizes fragility of earthly pleasures ⓘ
spiritual struggle ⓘ
temptation of lust ⓘ
temptation of power ⓘ
temptation of wealth ⓘ

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The Temptation of St. Anthony → mainSubject → The Temptation of St. Anthony self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: temptation of Saint Anthony
Salvador Dalí → notableWork → The Temptation of St. Anthony ⓘ
The Elephants → sharesMotifsWith → The Temptation of St. Anthony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dalí’s painting "The Temptation of St. Anthony"