The Madonna of port Lligat, painted by Salvador Dali in 1949, causes its viewers to ponder the hidden meanings of the painting. The overall theme of the painting is calm and serene. The light, happy colors make the painting quite easy to view. Once again Dali has robotically perfectly hidden all of his brush strokes making the painting look as though, through a turn of events, a scene such as this could appear on earth in reality.

This image shows the inside of what the viewer sees. This seems to be a strange view to us, but to anyone of a fourth dimension, a view like this would be normal. This painting depicts a Mother Mary-like figure with a baby, possibly Jesus, inside of her. An interesting twist to this image is that most everything is missing parts. The woman is missing her shoulder to elbow, the arch is missing parts of its supports, the baby is missing its heart. The painting seems to be set on a beach near Catalonia, Dali’s home province.

This picture could be a representation of the Immaculate Conception. God, a “4^th dimensional being,” has placed baby Jesus in Mother Mary. The egg floating above Mary’s head might signify fertility, the lemons by her feet might signify spring or youth. The handkerchief, proved to be recently fallen by the folded corner, can signify love, or loss of direction. Therefore the woman, Mary, to find direction, has raised her hands in prayer.

This picture could also be interpreted as the abode of Mother Nature. Nature, sitting on the chair, is shown with all of humanity in her heart. The pieces missing from parts of the picture and the ruin shown on the arch may signify how much humans take from nature, but how nature keeps giving because of her love from us. The hands raised are not completely touching, and seem to be forming a prayer for someone in front of her, mother nature blessing the world and its inhabitants. This would also explain the random floating shells, a part of nature that protects and brings comfort to its inhabitants. If the Baby signified all of humanity it would make more sense for the baby to be holding a cross than if the baby signified Jesus.