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Bacon by Francis Bacon
Category: Art and Design
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: be without some great person, one or rather Essay xv. more, of military valour, near unto them, for of Seditions the repr ...Show more
Bacon / Giacometti by Francis Bacon
Category: Art and Design
The Fondation Beyeler has ambitiously undertaken a juxtaposition of the two artists in a large, upcoming exhibition in 2018. In a fascinating way, the meeting of the two artists' work here is like a dialogue about space and time, in which it is possible to recognise each man's art in the work of the oth ...Show more
Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné by Francis Bacon (Artist); Martin Harrison (Editor)
Category: Art and Design
This landmark publishing event presents the entire oeuvre of Bacon's paintings for the first time in a deluxe five-volume boxed set Editor Martin Harrison, following his appointment by the Estate of Francis Bacon, has devoted over a decade to the creation of this magnificent publication, the first-ever ...Show more
Francis Bacon - Studies for a Portrait by Michael Peppiatt; Francis Bacon
Category: Art Instructional
Francis Bacon was one of most elusive and enigmatic creative geniuses of the twentieth century. However much his avowed aim was to simplify both himself and his art, he remained a deeply complex person. Bacon was keenly aware of this underlying contradiction, and whether talking or painting, strove cons ...Show more
Francis Bacon : The Major Works by Brian (EDT) Francis; Vickers Bacon
Category: Reference | Series: Oxford World's Classics
Of Empire by Francis Bacon
Category: unmapped | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you t ...Show more
The Essays by Francis Bacon
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Classics Ser.
One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court of Elizabeth I and ultimately became Lord Chancellor under James I in 1617. A scholar, wit, lawyer and statesman, he wrote widely on politics, philosophy and science - declaring early in his career that 'I ...Show more
Two Classic Utopias by Francis Bacon; Tomasso Campanella; Gregory Claeys (Foreword by)
Category: Reference | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
In keeping with the inquisitive spirit of their times, two 17th-century writers envisioned their own philosophical and intellectual utopias. Tomasso Campanella, a Calabrian monk, published The City of the Sun in 1623, and Francis Bacon's The New Atlantis appeared in 1627. Campanella was a student of log ...Show more
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