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Francis Bacon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 160

Francis Bacon

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Francis Bacon is considered one of the most important painters of the 20th century. A major exhibition of his paintings at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2020 explores the role of animals in his work - not least the human animal. Having often painted dogs and horses, in 1969 Bacon first depicted bullfights. In this powerful series of works, the interaction between man and beast is dangerous and cruel, but also disturbingly intimate. Both are contorted in their anguished struggle and the erotic lurks not far away: "Bullfighting is like boxing," Bacon once said. "A marvellous aperitif to sex." 0Twenty-two years later, a lone bull was to be the subject of his final painting. In this fascinating publication - a significant addition to the literature on Bacon - expert authors discuss Bacon's approach to animals and identify his varied sources of inspiration, which included surrealist literature and the photographs of Eadweard Muybridge. They contend that, by depicting animals in states of vulnerability, anger and unease, Bacon sought to delve into the human condition.00Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (22.01-12.04.2021).

The History of the Royal Academy of Arts from Its Foundation in 1768 to the Present Time
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 500

The History of the Royal Academy of Arts from Its Foundation in 1768 to the Present Time

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1862
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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A Little History of the Royal Academy
  • Language: en

A Little History of the Royal Academy

  • Categories: Art
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018
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  • Publisher: Unknown

From the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, the Royal Academy of Arts in London has occupied a prominent, occasionally controversial and always individual position in the art world. Its Annual Exhibitions, now known as the Summer Exhibitions, have seen artistic reputations rise and fall, and its enduringly popular international loan exhibitions have helped to shape the public's appreciation of the visual arts. Packed with illustrations, this brief introduction to the Academy's 250-year story considers how its homes and some of its characters have made it what it is. AUTHOR: Peter Sawbridge is Editorial Director at the Royal Academy of Arts. 62 colour images

The Royal Academy of Arts
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 524

The Royal Academy of Arts

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1906
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Charles I
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 267

Charles I

During his reign, King Charles I (1600-1649) assembled one of Europe's most extraordinary art collections. Indeed, by the time of his death, it contained some 2,000 paintings and sculptures. Charles I: King and Collector explores the origins of the collection, the way it was assembled and what it came to represent. Authoritative essays provide a revealing historical context for the formation of the King's taste. They analyse key areas of the collection, such as the Italian Renaissance, and how the paintings that Charles collected influenced the contemporary artists he commissioned. Following Charles's execution, his collection was sold. This book, which accompanies the exhibition, reunites i...

Exhibition of the Royal Academy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 594

Exhibition of the Royal Academy

  • Categories: Art
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1838
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Burlington House
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 368

Burlington House

  • Categories: ART

On Charles II's restoration to the throne in 1660, four of his supporters were provided with plots of land in a leafy suburb of 0London, on which to build their extravagant town palaces. The only one to survive - built for the poet and courtier Sir John 0Denham (1615-1669) and now situated in the heart of Piccadilly - became the home of the Royal Academy of Arts, its exhibitions and its Schools. This important study charts the history of the estate through its many owners, including the 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694-1753), who gave the house not only its name but also its distinctive and influential architecture. In his day, the house was host to leading scholars and celebrities, who met within Burlington's cutting-edge creation, which remains an unparalleled example of the Palladian style in England. Nicholas Savage's meticulous research examines 350 years of social and architectural history, as well as revealing the next phase in the life of the estate, as the Royal Academy opens up Burlington House as never before in an exciting redevelopment led by Sir David Chipperfield CBE RA to celebrate the institution's 250th anniversary.

Tacita Dean
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

Tacita Dean

Catalogues of three concurrent exhibitions in London galleries, 2018.

Late Constable Hb
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 128

Late Constable Hb

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-11-15
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  • Publisher: Unknown

On John Constable as a proto-abstractionist of pastoral landscape One of Britain's greatest landscape painters, John Constable was brought up in Dedham Vale, the valley of the River Stour in Suffolk. The eldest son of a wealthy mill owner, he entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1800 at the age of 24, and thereafter committed himself to painting nature out of doors. His "six-footers," such as The Hay Wainand The Leaping Horse, were designed to promote landscape as a subject and to stand out in the Academy's Annual Exhibition. Despite this, he sold few paintings in his lifetime and was elected a Royal Academician late in his career. With texts by leading authorities on the artist, this handso...

Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 856

Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts

  • Categories: Art
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1888
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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