Günther, Katharina, Francis Bacon - in the mirror of photography , [2022]
- Title(s):
- Francis Bacon - in the mirror of photography : collecting, preparatory practice and painting / Katharina Günther.
- Additional Title(s):
- In the mirror of photography
- Published/Created:
- Berlin : De Gruyter, [2022]
©2022 - Physical Description:
- 446 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 25 cm
- Holdings:
- Reference LibraryNJ18.B13 G86 2022 (LC)Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16238219
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cologne, 2019.
Appendices: pages 283-446.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-307). - Subject Terms:
- ART / General.Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992 -- Criticism and interpretation.Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992.
- Form/Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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- Introduction
- A private passion : Bacon's attitude towards photography
- State of research
- Luck and chance : painting 1946 as a case study
- The iceberg : research material and definition of 'photographic reference'
- The studio : analysis of the working environment
- 'A little corner of South Kensington'
- 'Cat in a cage' Francis Bacon in Reece Mews
- 'A heap of broken images' : preparatory processes
- Drawing a line : drawings versus photographs
- Comparative analyses : Bacon's paintings and their photographic references
- Spatial setting and photography
- Spatial settings : abstract, elusive, unreliable
- The stage set : figure and ground
- Figure and photography
- 'Collage is not my medium' : the construction of the figure
- Figure, outline, materiality : closest to and furthest away from the photograph
- Narrative, identity and the use of photographs
- 'I don't want to tell a story, I have no story to tell'
- Portrait and identity : no less than life itself
- Colour and photography : 'Colour is a most mysterious thing'
- Conclusion : 'A sponge that absorbs everything'.