Francis Bacon: Painting in a Godless World - Rilegato

Arya, Rina

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ISBN 10: 1848220448 ISBN 13: 9781848220447

Casa editrice: Lund Humphries Pub Ltd, 2012

Riassunto

Despite his militant atheism, Francis Bacon (1909-1992) exploited the symbols of Christianity, especially the Crucifixion and the Pope, throughout his career. Rina Arya explains how the artist redeployed religious iconography both to show Christianity's untenability in the modern age and to convey an experience of the human condition, specifically animalism and mortality. Placing the work within the context of post-war philosophical preoccupations with the death of God, this refreshingly original book marks a new approach to appreciating the work of one of the leading artists of the 20th century.

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Recensione:

'Rina Arya's book fills a void in current scholarship of Francis Bacon by intelligently and creatively considering his frequently neglected, and rather misunderstood, relationship with Christianity'. --- --Art & Christianity, Autumn 2012

'(This) was a brave subject for Rina Arya to tackle. She has done a good job in breaking down the different aspects of Bacon's work which are potentially engaged by her subject and analysing them in a clear and readable fashion. Not all writers about Bacon have been able to write so clearly. She has also incorporated previous writers' work. As the years have passed, the body of that work has grown enormously, and so her achievement in synthesising it is not to be underestimated.' ----- British Art Journal

'Long-listed for the W.M.B Berger Prize' --(Winner announced in July 2013)

L'autore:

Rina Arya is Reader in Visual Communication at the University of Wolverhampton. She has published a range of articles on Bacon which include discussions on his representations of the Crucifixion and the Pope, constructions of homosexuality in his work and the cultural aspects of Bacon's art. She is also editor of Francis Bacon: Critical and Theoretical Perspectives (2012) and Contemplations of the Spiritual in Art (2013)..

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Lund Humphries Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1848220448
• ISBN 13: 9781848220447
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 176