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On Rearing an Ugly Head: Joel-Peter Witkin and the Mysticism of the “Ugly Aesthetic”

The contemporary photographer, Joel-Peter Witkin, has described his remaking of some of the most iconic paintings in the history of art as a “divine revolt”. However, there are no attempts to unravel the meaning of this project nor to analyse the visual changes that Witkin has made. This thesis argu...

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Main Author: Ballen, Amanda
Other Authors: Higgins, John
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of English Language and Literature 2021
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