Francis Bacon: Painting in a Godless World
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Review 'Rina Arya's book fills a void in current scholarship of Francis Bacon by intelligently and creatively considering his frequently neglected, and rather misunderstood, relationship with Christianity'. --Art & Christianity, Autumn 2012Long-listed for the W. M. B. Berger Prize --(winner announced in July 2013)[This] was a brave subject for Rina Arya to tackle. She has done a good job in breaking down the different aspects of Bacon s work which are potentially engaged by her subject and analysing them in a clear and readable fashion. Not all writers about Bacon have been able to write so clearly. She has also incorporated previous writers work. As the years have passed, the body of that work has grown enormously, and so her achievement in synthesising it is not to be underestimated. --British Art Journal Read more About the Author Rina Arya is Reader in Visual Communication at the University of Wolverhampton. She has published a range of articles on Bacon which include discussions on his representations of the Crucifixion and the Pope, constructions of homosexuality in his work and the cultural aspects of Bacon's art. She is also editor of Francis Bacon: Critical and Theoretical Perspectives (due to be published in 2012). Read more
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