Traditions of British Statesmanship
Author | : Arthur Douglas Elliot |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Germany |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Arthur Douglas Elliot |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Germany |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mark Stevens |
Publisher | : Knopf |
Total Pages | : 896 |
Release | : 2021-03-23 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 052565674X |
THE TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR Named one of The Irish Times' Books of the Year for 2021 A compelling and comprehensive look at the life and art of Francis Bacon, one of the iconic painters of the twentieth century—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of de Kooning: An American Master. This intimate study of the singularly private, darkly funny, eruptive man and his extraordinary art “is bejeweled with sensuous detail … the iconoclastic charm of the artist keeps the pages turning” (The Washington Post). “A definitive life of Francis Bacon ... Stevens and Swan are vivid scene setters ... Francis Bacon does justice to the contradictions of both the man and the art.” —The Boston Globe Francis Bacon created an indelible image of mankind in modern times, and played an outsized role in both twentieth century art and life—from his public emergence with his legendary Triptych 1944 (its images "so unrelievedly awful" that people fled the gallery), to his death in Madrid in 1992. Bacon was a witty free spirit and unabashed homosexual at a time when many others remained closeted, and his exploits were as unforgettable as his images. He moved among the worlds of London's Soho and East End, the literary salons of London and Paris, and the homosexual life of Tangier. Through hundreds of interviews, and extensive new research, the authors probe Bacon's childhood in Ireland (he earned his father's lasting disdain because his asthma prevented him from hunting); his increasingly open homosexuality; his early design career—never before explored in detail; the formation of his vision; his early failure as an artist; his uneasy relationship with American abstract art; and his improbable late emergence onto the international stage as one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century. In all, Francis Bacon: Revelations gives us a more complete and nuanced--and more international--portrait than ever before of this singularly private, darkly funny, eruptive man and his equally eruptive, extraordinary art. Bacon was not just an influential artist, he helped remake the twentieth-century figure.
Author | : J. Ellis Barker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sir Ernest Barker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1941 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Stephanie L. Barczewski |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2016-01-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0300180063 |
Aan de hand van heroïsche mislukkingen zoals de Charge van de Lichte Brigade en Captain Scott wordt licht geworpen op het Brits zijn.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 878 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : |
A history of our time.
Author | : Martin Roberts |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780199133734 |
The aim of this book is to explain how Britain's circumstances changed between 1846 - 1964: Britain in 1846 was by far the richest nation in the world. In 1964, Britain was, comparatively, much less rich than the USA and, though amongst the world's richest nations, was losing ground to Japan and to Western Europe. Because of her wealth and her navy, Britain in 1846 was the most powerful nation in the world. Britain in 1964 was dwarfed by the superpowers of the USA and the USSR. The British Empire of the 1840s refelcted Britain's power. By 1964 the Empire was collapsing. Only one in five men (and no women) could vote in the Britain of 1840s. By 1964 Britain was fully democratic, with all adults entitled to vote. In a period of a little over a century, these were some of the changes to which Britain had to adapt. It was a period that marked a substantial fall in Britain's comparative power and prosperity in the world.