{"product_id":"francis-bacon-and-the-tradition-of-art-9788884917218","title":"Francis Bacon and the Tradition of Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis exhibition catalogue is not a retrospective but rather an examination for the first time of the artists 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: Bacons 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 modernists work in relation to the masterpieces of art history. Exhibition schedule: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna October 15  2003 - January 18  2004 Fondation Beyeler  Basel  February 8  2004 - June 20  2004  This exhibition catalogue is not a retrospective but rather an examination for the first time of the artists 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: Bacons 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 modernists work in relation to the masterpieces of art history. Exhibition schedule: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna October 15  2003 - January 18  2004 Fondation Beyeler  Basel  February 8  2004 - June 20  2004\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67624255422517,"sku":"ByrdShop_8884917212","price":239.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9788884917218.jpg?v=1791386793","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/francis-bacon-and-the-tradition-of-art-9788884917218","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}