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Apocalypse: beauty and horror in modern art

12/30/2012

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I have cited this book as one of my key texts on my poster. I had originally planned to begin by analysing Cheung's work and then progress to a discussion about the apocalypse in modern art, but 1,500 words was not enough. This is an interesting area - after the actual apocalypse of the holocaust and Hiroshima/Nagasaki, does art have anything to contribute? Or is its role to confront these events and reconcile them with continuing human existence? Or to point out that evil is still rife in the world? I also wanted to link this to Hannah Arendt's idea of the 'banality' of evil' and how this could be/is reflected in art.

Rosenthal, N., ed. (2000) Apocalypse: Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art. London: Royal Academy of Arts

Canovan, M., (1974) The Political Thought of Hannah Arendt. London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd    
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    I am a second year student studying Drawing and Applied Arts at the University of the West of England.

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