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Formsoffeeling:ThehumanbodyindistressLargelyself-taughtasanartist,FrancisBacon(1909–1992)developedauniqueabilitytotransforminteriorandunconsciousimpulsesintofigurativeformsandintenselyclaustrophobiccompositions.EmergingintonotorietyintheperiodfollowingWorldWarII,Bacontookthehumanbodyashisnominalsubject,butasubjectravaged,distorted,anddismemberedsoastowritheandwailwithintenseemotionalcontent.Withflailinglimbs,hollowvoids,andtumurousgrowths,hisgripping,oftengrotesque,portraitsareasmuchreflectionsonthetrialsandthetraumasofthehumanconditionastheyarecharacterstudies.Thesehauntingformswerealsoamongthefirstinarthistorytodepictovertlyhomosexualthemes.ThisbookintroducesBacon'serotic,unsettling,unforgettableoeuvre,atransformativebodyofworkoftenemulated,muchanalysed,andaboveallfelt.AbouttheSeries:EachbookinTASCHEN’sBasicArtseriesfeatures:adetailedchronologicalsummaryofthelifeandoeuvreoftheartist,coveringhisorherculturalandhistoricalimportanceaconcisebiographyapproximately100illustrationswithexplanatorycaptions