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Item Details
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FRANCIS BACON
PAINTING IN A GODLESS WORLD |
| By: |
Rina Arya |
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Hardback |
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£45.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1848220448 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781848220447 |
| Publisher: |
LUND HUMPHRIES PUBLISHERS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
28 February, 2012 |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
Throughout his career, Francis Bacon (1909-1992) made many anti-religious and, more specifically, anti-Christian statements. Bacon was a militant atheist but his atheism was not a simple dismissal of religion and religious belief. He exploited the symbols of Christianity, especially the Crucifixion and the Pope, in order to show its untenability in the modern age.Setting out to account for Bacon's recurrent and sustained use of religious symbols, Rina Arya explains how the artist redeployed religious iconography to convey an experience of the human condition, specifically animalism and mortality. By placing the work within the context of post-war philosophical pre-occupations with the death of God, the author provides a robust framework in which to view and interpret Bacon's complex images.Refreshingly original, this book marks a new approach to appreciating the work of one of the leading artists of the twentieth century. |
| Illustrations: |
Includes 52 colour and 22 b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Long-listed for William M. B. Berger Prize for British Art History 2013 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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