Francis Bacon: Shadows

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Francis Bacon: ShadowsInside Francis BaconMartin Harrison opens the book with some hitherto unseen Bacon-related photographs and includes a tribute to the great Bacon scholar, David Boxer (19462017). Christopher Bucklow turns his attention to the contrast between Bacons art and the art of our own times, setting Bacon in the context of Romantic Modernisms confidence in the unconscious as a source. Amanda Harrisons essay explores imagery in Bacons paintings that relates to esoteric, mythological, and alchemical themes, while Stefan Haus draws on the ideas of philosophers from Plato to Hegel to consider the impact of Bacons art. Hugh Daviess unexpurgated 1973 Bacon Diaries are published here in their entirety for the first time, revealing a more complete view of Bacon as both man and artist. Sophie Pretorius examines Tates Barry Joule Archive, a collection of working materials and drawings attributed to Bacon.Finally, Martin Harrison explores Francis Bacons Lost Paintingsworks Bacon dubbed failures but which were photographed before he destroyed them; they are published here for the very first time.