Paint Made Flesh

Book Overview

In Paint Made Flesh, expressive figuration is considered as a reflection of artists' responses to such topics as identity, sexuality, and mortality, and as a symptom of a broader spectrum of social and political attitudes shaping Western culture since World War II. It features art from the United States, Great Britain, and Germany, countries that have since the 1950s produced many artists who use paint as a metaphor for flesh in all its aspects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082651622X
• ISBN13: 9780826516220
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.4" x 10.9"