Francis Bacon and the Tradition of Art

ART

  Not a retrospective but rather an examination for the first time of the artist’s work within a network of relationships and influences from the Old Masters to the artists of the twentieth century.The eminent English painter Francis Bacon (19091992) is known for his brutal, haunting and grotesque portraits of man and beast. In this eyeopening study Bacon stands besides artists like Velazquez, Rembrandt, Titian, Ingres, Degas, Schiele, and Van Gogh – his real sources. To support this thesis, the text draws connections between Bacon and his predecessors according to themes: Bacon’s papal portraits, the Motif of the Scream, Bacon and Surrealism, Mirrors and Reflections, the Cage Motif. This sumptuously illustrated book offers a first time study of a modernist’s work in relation to the masterpieces of art history. Examines the artist’s work within a network of relationships and influences from old masters and more recent artists, including Velazquez, Rembrandt, Titian, Ingres, Degas, Schiele, Van Gogh, and Picasso.

Exhibition of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. 371pp with 236 colour and 60 monochrome illustrations including 6 colour gate-folds.  A splendid book in FINE condition! First Edition.  #050223 (Large, heavy book.)