Francis Bacon : the logic of sensation /

Gilles Deleuze had several paintings by Francis Bacon hanging in his Paris apartment, and the painter's method and style as well as his motifs of seriality, difference, and repetition influenced Deleuze's work. This first English translation shows us one of the most original and important...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Deleuze, Gilles, Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995
Other Authors: Bacon, Francis, Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992, Bacon, Francis, active 19th century
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2003]
Minneapolis : c2003
Minneapolis : ©2003
Minneapolis : [2003]
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Table of Contents:
  • Deleuze on Bacon: Three Conceptual Trajectories in The Logic of Sensation / Daniel W. Smith vii
  • 1 The Round Area, the Ring 5
  • 2. Note on Figuration in Past Painting 10
  • 3. Athleticism 13
  • 4. Body, Meat, and Spirit: Becoming-Animal 19
  • 5. Recapitulative Note: Bacon's Periods and Aspects 25
  • 6. Painting and Sensation 31
  • 7. Hysteria 39
  • 8. Painting Forces 48
  • 9. Couples and Triptychs 55
  • 10. Note: What Is a Triptych? 62
  • 11. The Painting before Painting 71
  • 12. The Diagram 81
  • 13. Analogy 91
  • 14. Painters Recapitulate the History of Painting in Their Own Way 99
  • 15. Bacon's Trajectory 109
  • 16. Note on Color 116
  • 17. The Eye and the Hand 124
  • Afterword: A Politics of Fact and Figure / Tom Conley 130.
  • Deleuze on Bacon: Three Conceptual Trajectories in The Logic of Sensation / Daniel W. Smith
  • 1 The Round Area, the Ring
  • 2. Note on Figuration in Past Painting
  • 3. Athleticism
  • 4. Body, Meat, and Spirit: Becoming-Animal
  • 5. Recapitulative Note: Bacon's Periods and Aspects
  • 6. Painting and Sensation
  • 7. Hysteria
  • 8. Painting Forces
  • 9. Couples and Triptychs
  • 10. Note: What Is a Triptych?
  • 11. The Painting before Painting
  • 12. The Diagram
  • 13. Analogy
  • 14. Painters Recapitulate the History of Painting in Their Own Way
  • 15. Bacon's Trajectory
  • 16. Note on Color
  • 17. The Eye and the Hand
  • Afterword: A Politics of Fact and Figure / Tom Conley.