'The double helix proves the existence of God': art and science in dialogue with Salvador Dali's religious imagination

Abstract

The later artistic work of Salvador Dali demonstrates a dialogue involving new developments in science in the 1940s and 1950s as metaphysical clues to inform his religious imagination and inspire a new era in Dali’s art: nuclear mysticism.

Keywords

• Religious Imagination
• Theology and the Arts
• Salvador Dali