Ecce homo : the male-body-in-pain as redemptive figure /

Images of suffering male bodies permeate Western culture, from Francis Bacon's paintings and Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs to the battered heroes of action movies. Drawing on perspectives from a range of disciplines--including religious studies, gender and queer studies, psychoanalysis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brintnall, Kent (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2011
Temas:
Bacon, Francis > 1909-1992
Mapplethorpe, Robert > 1946-1989
Ecce homo
Suffering in art.
Masculinity in art.
Violence in art.
Sex in art.
Redemption in art.
Pain in art.
Souffrance dans l'art.
Masculinité dans l'art.
Violence dans l'art.
Sexualité dans l'art.
Rédemption dans l'art.
Douleur dans l'art.
ART > Subjects & Themes > Human Figure.
ART > Subjects & Themes > Portraits.
Erotische Kunst
Mann > Motiv
Schmerz > Motiv
Lidande i konsten.
Manlighet i konsten.
Våld i konsten.
Försoning.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Images of suffering male bodies permeate Western culture, from Francis Bacon's paintings and Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs to the battered heroes of action movies. Drawing on perspectives from a range of disciplines--including religious studies, gender and queer studies, psychoanalysis, art history, and film theory--Ecce Homo explores the complex, ambiguous meanings of the enduring figure of the male-body-in-pain. Acknowledging that representations of men confronting violence and pain can reinforce ideas of manly tenacity, Kent L. Brintnall also argues that they reveal the vulnerability of me
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 220 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780226074719
0226074714
9781283362511
1283362511
9786613362513
6613362514

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