Dali imagines that protons and neutrons are angelic
elements because in the celestial bodies, he explains, "there are risidues
of substances; it is for this reason that certain beings appear to me
so close to angels such as Raphael and
Saint John of the Cross. Raphael's temperature is like that almost chilly air of spring, which
in turn is exactly that of the Virgin and of the rose." Ant he adds solemnly, "I need an ideal
of hyperaesthetic purity. More and more I am preoccupied by a idea of chastity. For me, it is
an essential condition of the spiritual life."
Such works as Raphaelesque Head Exploding, Galatea of the
Spheres, Assompta Corpuscularia Lapislazulina, Rhinocerotic Figure of Phidias` Illisos
or Paranoiac-Critical Study of Vermeer`s Lacemaker are fine illustrations of the Catalonian painter`s work of this period.
