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What unique techniques did Salvador Dalí use in his surrealist paintings to create his signature melting clocks effect seen in works like 'The Persistence of Memory'?

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Kelly Miller

Salvador Dalí employed a technique known as ‘paranoiac-critical method’ to create his signature melting clocks. This method involved inducing a self-induced paranoid state to access the subconscious. He also used precise, hyper-realistic details to juxtapose dream-like, fantastical elements, creating a surreal and otherworldly effect.