Francis Bacon /
The art of Francis Bacon (1909-1992) epitomises the angst at the heart of the modern human condition. His dramatic images of screaming figures and distorted anatomies are painted with a richly gestural technique, alluding to such old masters as Titian, Velazquez and Rembrandt. Displaying repressed a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Spanish English |
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London:
Phaidon,
2013.
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| Summary: | The art of Francis Bacon (1909-1992) epitomises the angst at the heart of the modern human condition. His dramatic images of screaming figures and distorted anatomies are painted with a richly gestural technique, alluding to such old masters as Titian, Velazquez and Rembrandt. Displaying repressed and raw emotion, his body of work includes portraits of Lucian Freud and John Deakin. |
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| Physical Description: | 145 páginas: 26 cm ilu |
| Bibliography: | incl. ref. |
| ISBN: | 978 0 7148 6133 3 |