Francis Bacon - in the mirror of photography : collecting, preparatory practice and painting /
| Author / Creator: | Gùˆnther, Katharina, author. |
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| Imprint: | Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022] |
| Description: | 1 online resource ( 1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12780373 |
| Summary: | The British painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is famed for his idiosyncratic mode of depicting the human figure. Thirty years after his death, his working methods remain underexplored. New research on the Francis Bacon Studio Archive at Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, sheds light on the genesis of his works, namely the photographic source material he collected in his studios, on which he consistently based his paintings. The book brings together the artist's pictorial springboards for the first time, delineating and interpreting recurring patterns and methods in his preparatory work and adoption of photographic material. In addition, it correctly locates 'chance' as a driving force in Bacon's working method and qualifies the significance of photography for the painter. German Photo Book Award 23/24, Gold in the category Text Volume Photo Theory |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ( 1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| ISBN: | 9783110720648 3110720647 9783110720624 3110720620 |
