ISBN: 0948462337

Hardcover, [EAN: 9780948462337], Reaktion Books, Reaktion Books, Book, [PU: Reaktion Books], Reaktion Books, Since his death in April 12 Francis Bacon has been acclaimed as one of the v… More...

Hardcover, [EAN: 9780948462337], Reaktion Books, Reaktion Books, Book, [PU: Reaktion Books], Reaktion Books, Since his death in April 12 Francis Bacon has been acclaimed as one of the very greatest of modern painters. Yet most analyses of Bacon actually neutralize his work by discussing it as an existential expression and as the horrifying communication of an isolated individual—which simply transfers the pain in the paintings back to Bacon himself. This study is the first attempt to account for the pain of the viewer. It is also, most challengingly, an explanation of what Bacon’s art tells us about ourselves as individuals. For, during this very personal investigation, the author comes to realize that the effect of Bacon’s work is founded upon the way that each of us carves our identity, our “self,” from the inchoate evidence of our senses, using the conventions of representation as tools. It is in his warping of these conventions of the senses, rather than in the superficial distortion of his images, that Bacon most radically confronts “art,” and our, 8947735011, Monographs, 1104, Individual Artists, 1, Arts & Photography, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 713036011, History, 1064, History & Criticism, 1, Arts & Photography, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

1992, ISBN: 9780948462337

Hardcover

Hardcover, 8vo. 1st Printing., Near Fine in Good jacket, [ED: 1], Bacon Francis Artist, "Essays in Art and Culture Series" 123 illustrations 25 in color NOT the average Bacon title. Esote… More...

Hardcover, 8vo. 1st Printing., Near Fine in Good jacket, [ED: 1], Bacon Francis Artist, "Essays in Art and Culture Series" 123 illustrations 25 in color NOT the average Bacon title. Esoteric and then some! Clean fresh bright yellow boards. Clean text. So so jacket. 208 pages No remainder or other markings past former owners inked name on free endpaper., London UK, [PU: Reaktion Books LTD]<

1992, ISBN: 9780948462337

Hard cover, A few scratches and slight shelf wear on jacket. Also some light foxing on outer edge of pages on top of book. Content is fine., Very Good., 208 p. Essays in Art & Culture . 2… More...

Hard cover, A few scratches and slight shelf wear on jacket. Also some light foxing on outer edge of pages on top of book. Content is fine., Very Good., 208 p. Essays in Art & Culture . 20 colour and 55 b&w illustrations. Intended for college/higher education audience. Intended for professional and scholarly audience., London, [PU: Reaktion Books]<

1992, ISBN: 0948462337

[EAN: 9780948462337], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Reaktion Books 1992-09-17], A few scratches and slight shelf wear on jacket. Also some light foxing on outer edge of pages on top… More...

[EAN: 9780948462337], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Reaktion Books 1992-09-17], A few scratches and slight shelf wear on jacket. Also some light foxing on outer edge of pages on top of book. Content is fine.<

1992, ISBN: 9780948462337

Hardcover, Used-Very Good, A few scratches and slight shelf wear on jacket. Also some light foxing on outer edge of pages on top of book. Content is fine., [PU: Reaktion Books]