Francis Bacon and the tradition of art. Ediz. illustrata

di Barbara Steffen (Autore)

Skira, 2005

Edizione in lingua inglese. Catalogo della mostra itinerante presentata a Vienna (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, 15 ottobre 2003 - 18 gennaio 2004) e a Riehen (Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, 8 febbraio - 20 giugno 2004) - Volume in copertina rigida con sovraccoperta, 371 pagine riccamente illustrate a colori. Indice consultabile nelle nostre immagini. Margini delle carte un poco ingialliti e a tratti lievemente increspati, sentore di fumo; buona-ottima copia da consultazione di un catalogo non comune -- This exhibition catalogue is 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 (1909-1992) 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 firsttime study of a modernist's work in relation to the masterpieces of art history.

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• Autore: Barbara Steffen
• Editore: Skira
• Collana: Arte moderna. Cataloghi
• Anno edizione: 2005
• In commercio dal: 26 gennaio 2005
• Pagine: 396 p., ill. , Rilegato
• EAN: 9788884917218