Painting of Christ of Saint John of the Cross

DaliÆs painting of ôChrist of Saint Johnö is the product of a ôcosmic dream,ö according to the artist (Dali 1). In this dream Dali maintains he saw this image in color that he took to represent the ônucleus of the atom,ö which later became metaphysical in meaning to him as the ôvery unity of the universe, the Christö (Dali 1)! Measuring 205 x 116 cm, an oil on canvas, DaliÆs image of Christ looms large over the world in a way that is characteristic of the influence of Christ on DaliÆs culture and society (Dali 1). Despite DaliÆs dream, his image of Christ is very much an icon that is also the product of his times and its values and beliefs.

During the first half of the twentieth century, the sciences, including psychoanalysis, began to shed doubt on Christian mythology and the existence of God. Freud had a monumental affect on many ar

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