{"product_id":"looking-back-at-francis-bacon-by-david-sylvester-9780500296479","title":"Looking back at Francis Bacon","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA unique portrait of one of the creative geniuses of the 20th century, by the distinguished critic David Sylvester.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eControversial in both life and art, Francis Bacon was one of the most important painters of the 20th century. His monumental, unsettling images have an extraordinary power to disturb, shock, and haunt the spectator, 'to unlock the valves of feeling and therefore return the onlooker to life more violently'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his personal knowledge of Bacon's inspirations, intentions, and working methods, David Sylvester surveys the development of the work from 1933 to the early 1990s and discusses critically a number of its crucial aspects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe also reproduces previously unpublished extracts from his celebrated conversations with Bacon, in which the artist speaks about himself, modern painters, and the art of the past. Finally, Sylvester gives a brief account of Bacon's life, correcting certain errors that elsewhere have been presented as facts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDivided into the sections 'Review', 'Reflections', 'Fragments of Talk', and 'Biographical Note', \u003ci\u003eLooking Back at Francis Bacon\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique portrait of one of the creative geniuses of our age by a writer of comparable distinction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362800025836,"sku":"9780500296479","price":72.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2785653482366.jpg?v=1772901072","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/looking-back-at-francis-bacon-by-david-sylvester-9780500296479","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}