The Death of Francis Bacon: Max Porter

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Bacon rejected this notion of knowledge and interpreted it from a pragmatic and utilitarian perspective. From Bacon’s utilitarian perspective, knowledge, in the sense of truth, no longer had intrinsic value, but derived its value from the practical purposes it served. Thus, Bacon abandoned the notion of knowledge as a way to liberate the human spirit ( artes liberals). Bacon asserted the primacy of utility in the sphere of knowledge, which is one of the important features of the idea of modernity. A taste of life in Britain in 1925". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020 . Retrieved 9 November 2020. Here also his studies of science brought him to the conclusion that the methods (and thus the results) were erroneous. His reverence for Aristotle conflicted with his dislike of Aristotelian philosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives. At Cambridge he first met the queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lord Keeper."

Bacon also argues about the people who are under the strong influence love, revenge and grief. To such people, death doesn’t appear to be terrifying. Bacon mentions few Roman emperors who faced the death with valor, courage, and bravery. He after arguing about the terrifying side of the death mentions that the death has a bright side, too. It is only after the death of a person that he is appraised and his good deeds are remembered. All the envy and bitterness vanishes with the death. The Estate of Francis Bacon | Bacon's World". 31 January 2008. Archived from the original on 31 January 2008 . Retrieved 9 November 2020. Thomas-Corr, Johanna (13 January 2021). "Max Porter's The Death of Francis Bacon: a novelist takes on the painter's final days". New Statesman . Retrieved 4 November 2023.

The exuberance and musicality of Porter’s prose can carry the reader but, even so, the scenes are at times bewildering and it is easier to make sense of what is going on if you have prior know April 07, WM issue #2: Francis Bacon's studio, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019 . Retrieved 4 March 2019. Adams, Tim (29 December 2020). "The Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter review – last rites for a great artist". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 4 November 2023.

Jacobi, Carol (2009). "Cat's Cradle – Francis Bacon and the Art of 'Isabel Rawsthorne' ". Visual Culture in Britain. 10 (3): 293–314. doi: 10.1080/14714780903265945. S2CID 191479882. Bacon was born at York House in the Strand, London. He was the youngest of five sons of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Elizabeth I. His mother, Ann Cooke Bacon, was the second wife of Sir Nicholas, a member of the Reformed or Puritan Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth I. Meanwhile, sometime before July 1591, Bacon had become acquainted with Robert Devereux, the young earl of Essex, who was a favourite of the queen, although still in some disgrace with her for his unauthorized marriage to the widow of Sir Philip Sidney. Bacon saw in the earl the “fittest instrument to do good to the State” and offered Essex the friendly advice of an older, wiser, and more subtle man. Essex did his best to mollify the queen, and when the office of attorney general fell vacant, he enthusiastically but unsuccessfully supported the claim of Bacon. Other recommendations by Essex for high offices to be conferred on Bacon also failed. Grünwald, Ludwig; Grayson, Charles Prevost (8 November 1902). "Atlas and abstract of the diseases of the larynx". Philadelphia: W.B Saunders – via Internet Archive.Sylvester, David. About Modern Art: Critical Essays 1948–2000. London: Pimlico, 2002. ISBN 0-7126-0563-0 Bacon was shy as a child, and enjoyed dressing up. This, and his effeminate manner, angered his father. A story emerged in 1992 [12] of his father having had Bacon horsewhipped by their grooms. Matthews, Nieves. Francis Bacon: The History of a Character Assassination. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1996. ISBN 0300064411 In spite of sufficient awareness, the human beings still associate a lot of superstitions and mix it with vanity. For instance, one might have read in the friars’ book of meditation that by inflicting certain pain on oneself one can realize the true nature of pain during death. One can experience regret for the cause of others death, by doing so. Moreover, by wounding the legs severely, one could die suffering less pain. The other vital parts of the human body like heart, brain, lungs, etc. do not experience as much pain as a wounded leg can. Wrathall, Claire (6 July 2016). "Francis Bacon's Monaco magic is highlighted in a new exhibition". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016 . Retrieved 22 October 2016.

Consumed by his own Effigy: George Dyer's Relationship with Francis Bacon on Sotheby's Blog". Sotheby's. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017 . Retrieved 29 January 2017. Bacon began his professional life as a lawyer, but he has become best known as a philosophical advocate and defender of the scientific revolution. His works established and popularized an inductive methodology for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method. Induction (or inductive reasoning) implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of his time, such methods were connected with the occult trends of hermeticism and alchemy. Some credit Bacon as having caused the secularization of Western life, or the sidelining of theology by raising reason to the level of absolute authority in the place of revelation, which takes priority in religious understanding.

In 1576 Bacon had been admitted as an “ancient” (senior governor) of Gray’s Inn, one of the four Inns of Court that served as institutions for legal education, in London. In 1579 he took up residence there and after becoming a barrister in 1582 progressed in time through the posts of reader (lecturer at the Inn), bencher (senior member of the Inn), and queen’s (from 1603 king’s) counsel extraordinary to those of solicitor general and attorney general. Even as successful a legal career as this, however, did not satisfy his political and philosophical ambitions. Radiology and radiography in the 1960s - British Institute of Radiology". www.bir.org.uk . Retrieved 21 March 2023.