Black Light: Myth and Meaning in Modern Painting

by Francis Gooding

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405191147
• ISBN13: 9781405191142
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.3" x 8.8"