Francis Bacon: Incunabula

Name: Francis Bacon: Incunabula
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ISBN: 9780500093443

ISBN-10: 050009344X

ISBN-13: 9780500093443

Edition: 2008

Authors: Martin Harrison, Rebecca Daniels

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"In 1949 Francis Bacon found his subject - the human body - and from then on it remained his principal theme. But he did not paint from life. Instead he appropriated images from the mass media that he manipulated into his 'studies'. His paintings bore witness to the shattered psychology of the time and shot him to a prominence that hardly diminished over the next fifty years, and that continues to rise." "This book presents many of the 'working documents' about which Bacon was entirely secretive but which, it emerges, were integral to his creative process. Culled from thousands of pieces of original material found in his studio, including newspapers, magazines, books and photographs, these…

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 4/6/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 9.88" wide x 12.24" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 3.630
Language: English

Martin Harrison is widely regarded as the leading authority on the art of fashion photography. His previous books include Appearances: Fashion Photography Since 1945 (1991), David Bailey: Birth of the Cool (1999), Lillian Bassman (1997), Patrick Demarchalier: Exposing elegance (1998), and numerous others. Harrison works and resides in London.