dc.contributor.author |
Hong, Kimberly Yuen, 1984- |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2009-10-21T00:32:57Z |
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dc.date.available |
2009-10-21T00:32:57Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2009-06 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9871 |
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dc.description |
xiv, 141 p. : ill. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. |
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dc.description.abstract |
Twentieth-century British figurative painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is
perhaps best known for his near-obsessive series of papal paintings inspired by Diego
Velazquez' renowned portrait Pope Innocent X (1650) and created over the course of
Bacon's entire artistic career. The artist's working process plays a crucial role in
understanding this celebrated and varied series. Bacon deliberately avoided Velazquez'
"original" portrait, preferring instead to work with photographic reproductions of the
piece alongside a large collection of seemingly disparate visual material in his chaotic
studio at 7 Reece Mews (South Kensington, London, England). This thesis proposes that
Bacon explored issues of mechanization, fragmentation, and repetition through these
visual juxtapositions in order to offer a critique of artistic and religious institutions. |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
Committee in Charge:
Dr. Kate Mondloch, Chair;
Dr. Lauren G. Kilroy;
Dr. Ellen Rees |
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dc.language.iso |
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dc.publisher |
University of Oregon |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Art History, M.A., 2009; |
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dc.subject |
Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992 -- Criticism and interpretation |
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dc.title |
Tear Down the Veils: Francis Bacon's Papal Variations 1946-1971 |
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dc.title.alternative |
Francis Bacon's Papal Variations 1946-1971 |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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