Art and Death.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Townsend, Chris, author.

Series:

Art and-.

Art and--

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artists--Psychology.

Artists.

Death in art.

Death--Psychological aspects.

Death.

Modern art--20th century.

Modern art.

Modern art--21st century.

Art.

Medical Subjects:

Art.

Death.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Other Title:

Art & death

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris, 2019.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-153) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9780755603992

0755603990

9780857732767

0857732765

OCLC:

1128166153