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What type of symbolism did Salvador Dalí use?
Salvador Dalí employed extensive symbolism in his work. The elephant is a recurring image in Dalí's works.
What did the elephant as a a recurring image in Dalí's works mean?
The elephant is a distortion in space, one analysis explains, its spindly legs contrasting the idea of weightlessness with structure.
Did Salvador Dalí use any other forms of symbolism besides the elephant as a distortion in space?
The egg is another common Dalíesque image.
What did the egg, another common Dalíesque image represent?
Salvador Dalí connects the egg to the prenatal and intrauterine, thus using it to symbolize hope and love;
How did Salvador Dalí come up with these symbolism ideas?
creating with an absolute naturalness, without the slightest aesthetic concern, making things that inspire Salvador Dalí with a profound emotion and trying to paint them honestly.
how did Salvador Dalí use this symbolism making things that inspire him with a profound emotion and trying to paint them honestly?
Various other animals appear throughout Salvador Dalí's work as well: ants point to death, decay, and immense sexual desire; the snail is connected to the human head
did people like Salvador Dalí's work?
Salvador Dalí has been cited as a major inspiration by many modern artists, such as Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, and most other modern surrealists.

Question: What is the name of some of his work?
Self-contained rewrite: What is the name of some of Salvador Dalí's work with symbolism?