Aesthetic Qualities of Francis Bacon’s Canvases and the Issue of Value Response
Aesthetic Qualities of Francis Bacon’s Canvases and the Issue of Value Response

Summary/Abstract: In the article the author considers the problem of value response, using the methods of the aesthetic theories which prefer the ‘material’ approach to this axiological issue, as well as referring to Francis Bacon’s painting. This answer is an emotional response to many dimensions of the painting. The analysis will concern, however, artistic factors whose significance is often omitted in general aesthetic investigations: the support (or basis) of the painting, the canvas’ properties, the type of paint, the color layer, the painting tools, and even the technical background - the type and size of the canvas. The analysis of these categories presents how the colorful logos of the painting gradually emerges; the logos whose order of sensuous influence and violence of colour cooperate with formal discipline in creating the exceptional merita terrible beauty.

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