Caravaggio Bacon

Details
Publisher:
Milan: Federico Motta Editore
Year:
2009
Language: Italian, English
Pages: 223
ISBN/ISSN: 9788871796239
Contents
Anna Coliva, 'Caravaggio chiama Bacon: la bellezza del dolore' / 'Caravaggio Beckons to Bacon: the Beauty of Sorrow', pp. 17-24
Michael Peppiatt, 'Il sacro e il profano' / 'The Sacred and the Profane', pp. 25-43
Claudia Strinati, 'Bacon e Caravaggio: un'occasione di incontro' / 'Bacon and Caravaggio: the Occasion for an Encounter', pp. 45-49
Maurizio Calvesi, 'Caravaggio: l'arte eccelsa di un pittore calumniato' / 'Caravaggio: the Excellent Art of a Slandered Painter', pp. 51-65
Chris Stephens, '"Come un'ombra" : oscurità, vita e morte nell'arte di Francis Bacon' / '"Like a Shadow" : Darkness, Life and Death in the Art of Francis Bacon', pp. 67-83
Luigi Ficacci, 'Caravaggio Bacon: lo spazio e la realtà' / 'Caravaggio Bacon: Space and Reality', pp. 85-107
Number of artworks illustrated
16 works
Paintings
33-01 Crucifixion, 1933; p. 26
44-01 Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, 1944; pp. 27, 32, 41, 75, 86, 90, 212
46-03 Painting 1946, 1946; pp. 28, 33, 36, 85-86, 212; ill. p. 27
48-01 Head I, 1948; pp. 86, 90; ill. p. 95
49-01 Head II, 1949; p. 86
49-02 Head III, 1949; p. 86
49-04 Head V, 1949; p. 86
49-07 Head VI, 1949; pp. 79, 85-90, 97, 182; ill. pp. 88 (detail), 183
49-08 Study from the Human Body, 1949; pp. 79, 184
49-09 Study for a Portrait, 1949; pp. 81, 90; ill. p. 81
50-06 Painting, 1950; pp. 79, 104, 184; ill. p. 185
51-05 Pope I, 1951; p. 45
51-06 Pope II, 1951; p. 45
51-07D Pope III, 1951; p. 45
53-15 Sphinx I, 1953; p. 40
53-16 Sphinx II, 1953; p. 40
53-27 Sphinx, 1953; p. 40
53-32 'Pope', 1953; p. 45
54-12 Sphinx, 1954; p. 40
54-15 Pope, 1954; p. 45
55-03 Study for Portrait III (after the Life Mask of William Blake), 1955; pp. 78, 186; ill. p. 187
55-11 Study for a Pope, 1955; p. 45
56-03 Study for Portrait of Van Gogh I, 1956; pp. 80, 206
57-14 Study for Portrait of Van Gogh VI, 1957; pp. 80, 188; ill. p. 189
58-07 'Pope', 1958; p. 45
58-08 'Pope', 1958; p. 45
58-09 'Pope with Owls', 1958; p. 45
60-05 Pope No. 2, 1960; p. 45
60-06 Pope No. 3, 1960; p. 45