Francis Bacon: and the Loss of Self by Ernst van Alphen

Francis Bacon: and the Loss of Self

Ernst van Alphen

208 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction art informative reflective medium-paced

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According to most of the critical commentary on Francis Bacon, the paintings by this crucially important artist are about violence, torment, fragmentation and loss. However, Ernst van Alphen argues that it is the violence done to the viewer that n...

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