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Author
Publisher
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after the artist's death, this new publication presents a timely and rich overview of the life and work of Francis Bacon. The book includes some 60 paintings as well as photographs, ephemera and archival material largely drawn from the artist's studio. An introduction and four essays by international experts look at specific aspects of Bacon's work, from detailed analysis of archival material to a study of the influences of Marcel Duchamp....
5) Francis Bacon's 'Inquiry touching human nature': virtue, philosophy, and the relief of man's estate
Author
Publisher
Lexington Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Author
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Presents close analysis of eight of Francis Bacon's texts in order to investigate the relation of his religious views to his instauration. Attempts to correct the persistent misconception of Bacon as a secular modern who dismissed religion in order to promote the human advancement of knowledge"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A decade in the making: the first comprehensive look at the life and art of Francis Bacon, one of the most iconic painters of the 20th century--from the Pulitzer-prize-winning authors of de Kooning: An American Master. Francis Bacon created an indelible image of mankind in modern times, and played an outsized role in both English art and life--from his public emergence with his legendary Triptych of 1944 (its images "so unrelievedly awful" that people...
15) Francis Bacon
Series
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Biography of artist Francis Bacon with images of his work.
Publisher
London
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Francis Bacon and the Masters presents more than twenty of the artist's paintings, the majority coming from the extraordinary collection assembled by Bacon's patrons, Robert and Lisa Sainsbury, over the course of the artist's lifetime and now in the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich. Along with other landmark paintings from the Tate Collection and other major public and private collections, these are placed in the...