Serge - I am really getting into art. I am thinking about taking some art-history classes. And maybe some drawing/painting lesssons.
Have you seen this work - Artist Bosch Hieronymus (Garden of earthly delight) - I would think that Dali was influenced by him. Not a great picture of it but you get the idea -
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bosch/delight/