Talk:The Great Masturbator

'thinly clad male crotch' changed to 'male crotch in bike shorts' or something therabouts. I just finished reading a few Dali books and have heard his own words on this piece.

Um, those were 1929 bike shorts? If you have a quote from Dali identifying the garment, please provide it, that would be great. Also, please sign your talk page comments, thanks. -- Infrogmation 20:43, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

If it were up to me, I'd keep the "thinly clad male crotch" which I wrote up originally: it's more generalized and in the next paragraph I go on to call them tight shorts. If anything, the second reference is the one that needs revision or clarification.

Complete physical description

What's the point of this section (given that there is an image of the photo in the article)? It seems not a little anally retentive. Ben Finn 22:48, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

The more complete, the more interpretive. A-giau 13:38, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Also, think of the blind people ;) 80.42.151.31 23:34, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Hahah... yeah, those blind folks would definitely benefit from that mass of text. I agree with the original post in that this section, if not removed entirely, should be downsized. In the meantime I took the liberty of replacing "grasshopper" with "locust" for this portion (given that it was correctly identified as one in the second paragraph). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.1.143.100 (talk) 00:28, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Source of Shape

Does anyone have a source for the claim that the shape of the head is derived from a rock formation in Catalonia? The article for The Garden of Earthly Delights makes a good case that a portion of that painting (see left panel, middle of right-hand border) is the inspiration for the shape. |Godofbiscuits| 02:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, FL offers guided tours which include regular commentary that the shape of the head is indeed derived from a rock formation in Catalonia (with a photo displayed demonstrating some likeness). Nothing to cite though, and the tour guide could not provide a reference either. Scotteemac (talk) 02:07, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

I've added a source for the resemblance with the Garden of Earthly Delights and a picture of the painting (the page of the book I used as a reference is readable at Google Books: link) I've also included a quote in which Dalí himself states that he drew inspiration from the Cap de Creus. Here's a photo of the rock that (some say) resembles the painting: link Unfortunately there isn't a photo uploaded to commons (or a free version in flickr to transfer it), so it's not possible to display the rock in the article. A reference for the resemblance would also be required. Drunt (talk) 18:14, 31 March 2012 (UTC)