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Black Light: Myth and Meaning in Modern Painting Francis Gooding (Professional writer) 9781405191142

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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 seen to resonate in modern representations
  • 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


About the Author
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.


Book Information
ISBN 9781405191142
Author Francis Gooding
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 191g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 6mm

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