フランシス．ベイコン：神なき世界で描く Francis Bacon : Painting in a Godless World

Arya, Rina

Lund Humphries Pub Ltd（2012/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 176 p.／サイズ 52 color + 22 b/w illus.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781848220447
• DDC分類 820

基本説明

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 conditon, specifically animalism and mortality.

Full Description

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.

Contents

ContentsGodless World; The Crucifixion; The Pope; The Triptych; The Body; The Sacred and the Profane; The Religious Dimensions of Francis Bacon; Notes; List of Figures; Bibliography; Index.