Salvador Dalí: Christ of Saint John of the Cross

The Private Life of a Masterpiece

S06E02
April 14, 2006 50 min

Overview

This extraordinary crucifixion scene - inspired by a weird mix of Spanish mysticism and nuclear physics - is often called the 20th century's greatest religious painting. Yet the artist was a notorious blasphemer whose work had provoked outrage in the Catholic Church.

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