Francis Bacon: Incunabula - Hardcover

Martin Harrison; Rebecca Daniels

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 050009344X ISBN 13: 9780500093443

Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2008

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Book by Daniels Rebecca Harrison Martin

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'Fascinating ... the aftermath of a visual orgy' - Guardian 'Invaluable ... the sheer range of material reproduced here is exhilarating' - Richard Cork, Art Quarterly

Reseña del editor:

In 1949 Francis Bacon found his subject – the human body – and from then on it remained his principal theme. But he did not paint from life. Instead he appropriated images from the mass media that he manipulated into his ‘studies’. This book presents over 200 of the ‘working documents’ about which Bacon was entirely secretive but which, it emerges, were integral to his creative process. Culled from thousands of pieces of original material found in his studio, including newspapers, magazines, books and photographs, these items have each been exhaustively and minutely researched, providing for the first time comprehensive details of the artist’s sources. Previously unseen, these visually thrilling documents demonstrate Bacon’s tactile, visceral relationship with his sources, and his unerring eye for seeking out visual stimulation in the most unexpected places. This unique selection of material from Bacon’s studio – thoroughly researched, meticulously documented and compellingly presented – will provide an invaluable insight into both the artist’s work and his working methods.

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• Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 050009344X
• ISBN 13: 9780500093443
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224