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Francis Bacon
By Ades, Dawn & Bacon, Francis & Forge, Andrew
- ISBN
- 978-0-81090-714-0
- Publisher
- New York : H.N. Abrams, c1985.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 15, 1985
Violence to the human figure is central to the imagery of Francis Bacon, in the "tightrope walk he enacts between ab straction and figuration.'' Many of these figures are caged, rent apart, or closer to the skeleton than the skin. The authors suggest some aesthetic and philosophical source...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
