some digital studies on Bacon’s popes I did last summer

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So I drew this today, Santa Lmnop of Ulaanbaatar, a saint devised by the awesome people at

If you want to understand this more or just like podcasts that talk about weird cults, woo and crazy popes, check them out

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Geeking out, sorry lol.
Lavinia Fontana! A portrait artist from around the same period. She actually was patroned by several popes!

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how do u go from this rly pretty silhouette in the first stage to the popes buttplug it makes no cents luv

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Born in 1459: Pope as (1459-1523)

Posthumous portrait by (1494-1557), ca. 1525


Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel

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Ștefan Popescu (20 January 1872 - 1948)) was a Rumanian painter

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Velázquez’s painting inspired the Screaming Popes by Francis Bacon. Bacon deconstructs the confidence & spirituality of man & the power of religion via the portrait. To see just how powerful Velázquez’s image is, compare it to Raphael’s. One is paint, one is life!

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30 Dec 1591: d. Innocent IX one of shortest reigning Popes having been elected on 29 Oct 1591 (Bede753c/Utente)

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Born in 1854: Giacomo della Chiesa (1854-1922), Pope as

Portrait by (1854-1936), 1916

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Francis Bacon 💎 1909 (d. 1992) was an Irish-born English figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. Focusing on the human form, his subjects included crucifixions, portraits of popes, self-portraits, and portraits of close friends, with abstracted figures...

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Velázquez’s painting inspired the series of Screaming Popes by Francis Bacon. Bacon deconstructs the confidence & spirituality of man & the power of religion employing the portrait. To see just how powerful Velázquez’s image is, compare it to Raphael’s of a predecessor.

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OUT THIS WEEK

The Glorious Journey: A reflection book based on The Two Popes by Liam Kelly

https://t.co/gwBjdZd5T2

Ideal for use as the basis of a seasonal course for Advent or Lent.

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