ITA 1113 Study Guide - Final Guide: Adrian Searle, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
9 Feb 2015
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Francis bacon"s art is figurative, often depicting portraits where the subject is fragmented, reminiscent of cubism. He"s semi abstract paintings often feature the faces and forms of people grotesquely disproportioned and disfigured. During the 60"s and 70"s, which are the paintings that influenced last tango in paris, he used warmer and brighter colours, but the paintings retained the themes of violence and mortality that are central to. Paul, played by marlon brando, is an american living in paris. His wife has just committed suicide and he is quite obviously distraught by this. I was unable to validate this theory; nevertheless the connection or coincidence strengthens the bacon influence on the character. The whole time she begs him to turn the lights back. His next act of violence is towards jeanne. In terms of specific visual influences, francis bacon"s works served as the main inspiration for paul and his demeanour, his colour palette, and his lighting.
