Author

Contributions

  • Chiappini, Rudy. - Contributor
  • Palazzo reale di Milano. - Contributor

Publication

2008 - Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated, Milano, Italy

Language

English

Word Count

62,500 words, Guess

Page Count

250 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-108861302939
  • ISBN-139788861302938
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009421652
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009287065
  • OCLC Control Number227279611
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9788861302938
  • Open LibraryOL23948015M

Classifications

  • LCCND497.B16 A4 2008c
  • LCCND497.B16 A4 2008b
  • LCCND497

Description

Francis Bacon's tormented self-images, his brutal portrayals of friends and fellow artists, and his deformations and stylistic distortions of classicism have broken the mould of portraiture; no other painter of the twentieth century has so drastically overturned the genre. Bacon: Portraits and Self-Portraits, published in association with the Estate of Francis Bacon, is the first book to be dedicated to this aspect of his work. With superb reproductions of more than 130 studies and portraits, including those of Lucian Freud, George Dyer, John Edwards, Isabel Rawsthorne, Mick Jagger, Muriel Belcher and Henrietta Moraes, Bacon: Portraits and Self-Portraits offers new insight into these radical and disturbing images. Many details are included, revealing for the first time the varied textures of Bacon's paint surface. Milan Kundera, the famed Czech novelist, provides a perceptive introduction, explaining his response to Bacon's works, while France Borel sets them in the context of his life and influences, and explains his pioneering approach to portraiture.

Subjects

Genres

  • Exhibitions

Links

Other Editions

  • BaconRizzoli International Publications, Incorporated2008-01-01

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