{"id":1046,"date":"2015-10-16T21:06:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T21:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/zelixart102\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1046"},"modified":"2016-02-23T00:17:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T00:17:54","slug":"dali-metamorphosis-of-narcissus","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-arthistory2\/chapter\/dali-metamorphosis-of-narcissus\/","title":{"raw":"Dali, Metamorphosis of Narcissus","rendered":"Dali, Metamorphosis of Narcissus"},"content":{"raw":"Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of Salvador Dal\u00ed's <i>Metamorphosis of Narcissus.<\/i>\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/HUZDPWLTZ0g\r\n\r\nSalvador Dal\u00ed, <i>Metamorphosis of Narcissus<\/i>, 1937, oil on canvas, 51.1 \u00d7 78.1 cm (Tate Modern, London).\r\n\r\nThe ancient source of this subject is Ovid's <em>Metamorphosis<\/em> (Book 3, lines 339\u2013507), which tells of 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