Bacon
$40.54
- Hardcover
96 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2015
Summary
Largely self-taught as an artist, Francis Bacon (1909-1992) developed a unique ability to transform interior and unconscious impulses into figurative forms and intensely claustrophobic compositions.
Emerging into notoriety in the period following World War II, Bacon took the human body as his nominal subject, but a subject ravaged, distorted, and dismembered so as to writhe with intense emotional content. With flailing limbs, hollow v…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783836559690 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 3836559692 |
| Author: | Luigi Ficacci |
| Publisher: | Taschen GmbH |
| Imprint: | Taschen GmbH |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 573g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 210mm x 260mm |
| Series: | Basic Art |
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Luigi Ficacci
Luigi Ficacci studied art history in Rome under Giulio Carlo Argan. For many years, he was curator at the Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica in Rome and general museum director (Soprintendente ai Beni Culturali) in Bologna and in Lucca. He also lectured at various Italian universities. Until 2021, he was director of the Central Institute for Restoration (Istituto centrale per il restauro) in Rome. The focal points of his research work are the issues raised by 17th and 18th century and contemporary Italian and European art.
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