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Black Light: Myth and Meaning in Modern Painting
Francis Gooding
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Description for Black Light: Myth and Meaning in Modern Painting
Paperback. Painters have always drawn on the classics to find myths and symbols which will answer to contemporary problems. In Black Light , Francis Gooding examines four modern paintings in the light of ancient themes, and illuminates the permanence and power of the mythic imagination. Series: Critical Quarterly Book Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 192.
Painters have always drawn on the classics to find myths and symbols which will answer to contemporary problems. In Black Light, Francis Gooding examines four modern paintings in the light of ancient themes, and illuminates the permanence and power of the mythic imagination.
Painters have always drawn on the classics to find myths and symbols which will answer to contemporary problems. In Black Light, Francis Gooding examines four modern paintings in the light of ancient themes, and illuminates the permanence and power of the mythic imagination.
- Opening a new dialogue between modern and ancient, Black Light explores living myth in modern paintings
- Examines four paintings from the Modern tradition in the light of episodes from antique mythology
- As the myths illuminate the paintings, and paintings throw light on the myths, Gooding shows that themes from ancient sources can be ... Read more
- Traces unexpected thematic correspondences across two millennia of literature and art, and finds that wherever meaning is sought through interpretation, myth becomes an indispensable tool of analysis
- In the work of classical authors such as Sophocles and Ovid, Gooding finds mythic elements which are also present in paintings by Manet, Matisse, Richards and Warhol
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Series
Critical Quarterly Book Series
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405191142
SKU
V9781405191142
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Ref
99-38
About Francis Gooding
Francis Gooding is a writer. Educated in both art history and anthropology, his major research to date has been on the problem of history as natural category. He is a contributing editor to Critical Quarterly. Black Light is his first book.
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