Francis Gooding

Black Light

Myth and Meaning in Modern Painting

Buch

Myths are never limited to place or time. They are ever-present as each epoch offers them a new guise. It may even be said that meaning itself is achieved by the same energies that animate myth. Black Light 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 seen to resonate in modern representations. Tracing unexpected thematic correspondences across two millennia of literature and art, the author finds that wherever meaning is sought through interpretation, myth b… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4051-9114-2
EAN: 9781405191142
Produktnummer: 4578800
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 128 S.
Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.3 cm x D0.7 cm 192 g
Gewicht: 192
Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)

Über den Autor

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.