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Mark Stevens,Annalyn Swan
Pulitzer Prize winning authors, Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan, deliver an expertly written and fascinating biography of one of the most extraordinary artists of the twentieth century.
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Max Porter (Author)
A bold and brilliant short work by the author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny.
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Francis Bacon
Discusses truth, death, revenge, adversity, envy, marriage, love, goodness, superstition, friendship, ambition, aging, beauty, gardens, and honor.
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Michael Peppiatt
A new selection of letters, statements, and interviews reveals the preoccupations, thoughts, and ideas of Francis Bacon, one of the twentieth century's most influential and important artists.
Title: The Works of Francis Bacon.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s largest research libraries…
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Edgar Kemler
The rise, fall, and legacy of one of the most influential philosophers of early modern Europe.
Maylis Besserie
In the final of Maylis Besserie's Irish-French trilogy, her preoccupation with the art and lives of artists who crossed borders between France and Ireland has a fitting climax as Bacon…
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From late 1991 to early 1992, shortly before his death, Irish-British painter Francis Bacon participated in rare interviews and sittings with French photographer Francis Giacobetti. Giacobetti captured eerie images inspired…
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John Russell
Based on conversations with Francis Bacon that extended over several years, this study reveals much about the man and the artist. It discusses his work, his intentions and achievements. Other…
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Using the painter's queer identity as a framework to understand his visceral approach to figuration
Francis Bacon is considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century, best…
Laurence Berns
The Political Philosophy of Francis Bacon is a remarkable contribution to the study of modernity. Laurence Berns uniquely centers Bacon's thought on foreign policy, clarifying and deepening the great thinker…
Featuring works from the 1950s onwards, this book explores Francis Bacon's deep connection to portraiture and how he challenged traditional definitions of the genre.
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David Sylvester
Features revealing interviews with Francis Bacon that was conducted over a period of 25 years by a distinguished art critic. In this book, Bacon considers the problems of realism, sheds…
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Fernando Castro Florez
Seven hundred previously unpublished drawings, pastels, and collages by Francis Bacon are presented here in thematic sections, with commentary by noted art historian Edward Lucie-Smith. Text in English and Italian.
Elizabeth Clare Prophet
This book stands with respect on the shoulders of four centuries of Francis Bacon's biographers, referencing historical and cipher inquiries about his noble person and transcendent body of work, but…
David Francis Bacon
Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.
P.T.Miles
Controversially this book claims that a ‘spiritual dimension’ is absolutely essential for any meaningful critique and understanding of Francis Bacon’s oeuvre. Furthermore it is argued that this ‘spiritual dimension’ rests…
Thomas Babington Macaulay
This art book is dedicated to the work of Francis Bacon, one of the most influential painters of the 20th century. Featuring a selection of his most notable works and…
John Nichol
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by…
Venuta Teresa
Without any claim to resolve or judge, this paper proposes itself as a particular analysis about what can be considered one of the most important aspect of Francis Bacon’s artistic…
Jennifer Silverman
This examination looks at the work of British painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) and his desire to portray sensation through the human figure. Bacon’s use of the figure put him at…
Hugh Davies
With their searing colors and dramatically contorted figures, the paintings of Francis Bacon compel attention. Unlike most painters of his generation, who preferred to investigate the rigors of abstraction, the…
Perez Zagorin
Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626), commonly regarded as one of the founders of the Scientific Revolution, exerted a powerful influence on the intellectual development of the modern world. This book…
Michel Leiris
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) was arguably one of the greatest artists of the twentieth-century. The violent intensity with which his paintings give expression to the existential angst of his fellow human…
G Walter Steeves
A sketch of his life, works and literary friends; chiefly from a bibliographical point of view. With 43 illustrations. Life of Bacon; Works of Bacon; Classification of the works; Letters…
David C. Innes
In the early 1600s, Francis Bacon transformed the world as we know it. For many centuries, populations had been subject to plague and famine on a scale difficult to imagine…
Francis Bacon,Bacon Francis
This collection contains fifty-eight essays, published at various times between 1597 and 1625, on subjects ranging among state policy, personal conduct, and the appreciation of nature –Page 4 of cover.
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J.Max Patrick
In this 1961 study, J. Max Patrick considers the life and work of Francis Bacon, arguing that his suppleness has ensured that the controversies of his career remain lively to…
Sam Hunter
Presents a concise overview of the entire career of Francis Bacon (1909-1992), one of the 20th century’s most influential artists. This book offers a survey of the artist’s entire career…
This complete collection of Francis Bacon's essays is superbly presented and meticulously faithful to the original publication. An intellectual possessed of a staggering breadth of knowledge and learning, Francis Bacon…
Title: The Works of Francis Bacon.
Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s largest…