Francis Bacon
Subtitle: painting in a Godless world
By: Rina Arya
Contributors: Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992
Publisher: Ashgate/Lund Humphries
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Farnham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781848220447
Subjects: Art and religion; Criticism and interpretation
Other titles: Painting in a Godless world
Description: Setting out to account for Francis Bacon's prolific, and indeed obsessive, use of religious symbols, Rina Ayra asserts how the artist redeployed religious iconography not to uphold the Christian narrative, nor to express his atheism, but to convey spritual truths about the human condition that were especially pertinent in post-war years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-171) and index.