Black Light

Painters have always drawn on the classics to find myths and symbols which will answer to contemporary problems. In <i>Black Light</i>, Francis Gooding examines four modern paintings in the light of ancient themes, and illuminates the permanence and power of the mythic imagination. <ul> <li> <div>Opening a new dialogue between modern and ancient, <i>Black Light</i> explores living myth in modern paintings</div> </li> <li> <div>Examines four paintings from the Modern tradition in the light of episodes from antique mythology</div> </li> <li> <div>As the myths illuminate the paintings, and paintings throw light on the myths, Gooding shows that themes from ancient sources can be seen to resonate in modern representations</div> </li> <li> <div>Traces unexpected thematic correspondences across two millennia of literature and art, and finds that wherever meaning is sought through interpretation, myth becomes an indispensable tool of analysis</div> </li> <li> <div>In the work of classical authors such as Sophocles and Ovid, Gooding finds mythic elements which are also present in paintings by Manet, Matisse, Richards and Warhol</div> </li> </ul>