The Advancement of Learning and The New Atlantis (Truly Hardcover)

Publisher: London Oxford University Press Subjects: Science -- Methodology Logic Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. Francis Bacon has contributed to The Advancement of Learning and the New Atlantis (Truly Hardcover) as an author.Francis Bacon was born in Dublin Ireland in 1909. He emerged as one of the leading painters of the 20th century during the 40s and 50s. Bacon expanded the possibilities of figurative art with a bold expressionistic style at a time when abstraction was the dominant mode. He was also one of the first artists to depict overtly homosexual themes. He stands as a towering figure in 20th-century art having established a huge influence on younger generations of painters. He died in 1992.