Instructional Video16:41
Curated Video

Salvador Dali's 'The Persistence of Memory': Great Art Explained

9th - Higher Ed
Salvador Dali's exploration of the depths of the subconscious mind in his paintings and his powerful images tapped into the fantasies, dreams, fears and hallucinations of entire generations, and he should be remembered as a consummate...
Instructional Video14:07
The Art Assignment

Art Cooking: Salvador Dali | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

9th - 12th
Surrealist artist Salvador Dali is well known for his distinctive mustache and melting clocks, but what about his 1973 cookbook? Come along with us as we attempt a Bush of Crayfish in Viking Herbs from Les Diners de Gala, and also...
Instructional Video1:09
Great Big Story

A Peek Into Italy’s Surreal ‘Ideal City’

12th - Higher Ed
Step into the whimsical world of La Gazzola, an architectural marvel in Terni, Italy, conceived by the visionary mind of architect Tomaso Buzzi. Originally a Franciscan monastery, La Gazzola was transformed into Tomaso's ideal city, a...
Instructional Video10:09
The Art Assignment

The Case for Surrealism | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

9th - 12th
"Surrealism" has become shorthand for the bizarre, the irrational, the hallucinatory. But what IS it? Or what WAS it? Today we delve into the history of Surrealism, as it formed in post-World War I Europe and as it has infiltrated our...
Instructional Video10:21
Crash Course

Experimental and Documentary Films

8th - 12th Standards
Some of the boldest films in history have been documentaries or experimental films. Explore non-narrative cinema and its avant-garde techniques with a short video about a creative faction in film history. Additionally, the video...
Instructional Video
University of Texas at Austin

Harry Ransom Center: The Mike Wallace Interview Salvador Dali

9th - 10th
Salvador Dali, the surrealist painter, talks to Mike Wallace about genius, the subconscious, weakness, old age and luxury, death, religion, and dreams. Watch the original interview of 1958. Subtitles are included in order to better...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Art History: Dada: Dali, the Persistence of Memory

9th - 10th
This video [6:28] discusses Salvador Dali's, The Persistence of Memory, 1931 (The Museum of Modern Art) Speakers: Sal Khan & Steven Zucker
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dali, Metamorphosis of Narcissus

9th - 10th
The ancient source of Salvador Dali's "Metamorphosis of Narcissus" is Ovid's Metamorphosis. View a video of this painting and listen to commentary from professors of art. [4:07]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dali, the Persistence of Memory

9th - 10th
This video spotlights Salvador Dali's "The Persistence of Memory". View the picture and listen as an art professor discusses why this painting is so wildly popular. [6:27]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Surrealism: Lesson 2

9th - 10th
This lesson will explore Surrealism. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Surrealism."

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