The Private Life of a Masterpiece
Salvador Dalí: Christ of Saint John of the Cross
Directed by Mick GoldS6 • E2 Apr 14, 2006 50m
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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.
