Francis Bacon : the logic of sensation / Gilles Deleuze ; translated and with an introduction by Daniel W. Smith ; afterword by Tom Conley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Contributor:

Bacon, Francis, active 19th century.

Standardized Title:

Francis Bacon. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992--Criticism and interpretation.

Bacon, Francis.

Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992.

Figurative expressionism--England.

Figurative expressionism.

Criticism and interpretation.

England.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 183 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2003]

Summary:

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 French philosophers of the twentieth century in intimate confrontation with one of that century's most original and important painters. In considering Bacon, Deleuze offers implicit and explicit insights into the origins and development of his own philosophical and aesthetic ideas, ideas that represent a turning point in his intellectual trajectory. First published in French in 1981, Francis Bacon has come to be recognized as one of Deleuze's most significant texts in aesthetics. Anticipating his work on cinema, the baroque, and literary criticism, the book can be read not only as a study of Bacon's paintings but also as a crucial text within Deleuze's broader philosophy of art. In it, Deleuze creates a series of philosophical concepts, each of which relates to a particular aspect of Bacon's paintings but at the same time finds a place in the "general logic of sensation." Illuminating Bacon's paintings, the nonrational logic of sensation, and the act of painting itself, this book -- presented in lucid and nuanced translation -- also points beyond painting toward connections with other arts such as music, cinema, and literature. Francis Bacon is an indispensable entry point into the conceptual proliferation of Deleuze's philosophy as a whole.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-168) and index.

ISBN:

0816643415

OCLC:

52430974