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Art and Death [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Townsend Chris Visualizza persona
Titolo: Art and Death [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, : I.B.Tauris, 2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (331 p.)
Disciplina: 704.9493069
Soggetto topico: Art, Modern -- 20th century
Art, Modern -- 21st century
Artists -- Psychology
Death -- Psychological aspects
Death in art
Video art
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Francis Bacon; 2. Damien Hirst - Francis Bacon; 3. Tracey Emin; 4. Nan Goldin; 5. Ralph Eugene Meatyard; 6. Derek Jarman; 7. Shimon Attie - Aberfan; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography
Sommario/riassunto: This highly sensitive and beautifully written book looks closely at the way contemporary Western artists negotiate death, both as personal experience and in the wider community. Townsend discusses but moves beyond the 'spectacle of death' in work by artists such as Damien Hirst to see how mortality - in particular the experience of other people's death - brings us face to face with profound ethical and even political issues. He looks at personal responses to death in the work of artists as varied as Francis Bacon, Tracey Emin and Derek Jarman, whose film 'Blue' is discussed here in depth. Expl
Titolo autorizzato: Art and Death  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-7556-0399-0
0-85773-276-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910787021503321
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