Traditionally, Francis Bacon (1561 — 1626), has been regarded as the father of empiricism and of experimentation in science. Bacon championed a type of reasoning called inductive reasoning. With ...

Born on 22nd January 1561, Francis Bacon was an influential figure ... An influential man with a wide-ranging career, Bacon passed away in April 1626, leaving behind no heirs. Instead, he left behind ...

Professor of Critical and Cultural Theory and Head of the School of the Arts, University of Hull In our age of digitally retouched selfies, Francis Bacon’s portraits come as a monumental shock.

“Francis Bacon: Human Presence” at London’s National Portrait Gallery is the institution’s first exhibition of the artist’s portraits. Featuring more than fifty key paintings from across ...

Francis Bacon’s distorted forms, caught in hellish moments, are etched into the brain of those with only a passing interest in the art canon, an eerie familiarity that still doesn’t prepare you for ...

Has the Francis Bacon cult peaked? For most of the second half of the 20th century, the Irish-born painter’s unstinting bleakness, ravaged flesh and sado-masochistic homoeroticism made him the ...

Maylis Besserie has chosen the character of the nanny to tell the story of Francis Bacon. Lightfoot accompanied Bacon throughout his childhood and early career, first as nanny, then as helpmate ...

For a complete bibliographic description, see: Gibson, R.W. Francis Bacon, a bibliography, and, his Supplement, no. 81 There are two issues of this edition known to exist, one being on large paper. A ...

Particular areas of interest include the works of Francis Bacon (1561-1626), manuscript culture, mercantile culture, and antiquarianism. I also have interests in the history of education (early modern ...

The sequel follows Momoa’s character Arthur Curry, who is King of the underwater kingdom Atlantis, as he joins forces with his brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) to face down the malevolent pirate ...