Talk:Head VI

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Francis Bacon's 1949 painting Head VI was his first of almost 50 works based on Diego Velázquez's c. 1650 Portrait of Pope Innocent X?

Comments from TonyTheTiger[edit]

I think you wanted my comments here:

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  • " It is the first of Bacon's long series of "screaming popes",[4] of more than 45 individual works.[5][6]" seems ungrammatical. I would prefer " It is the first of Bacon's long series — more than 45 individual works —[5][6] of "screaming popes".[4]"--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 07:37, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • " The paradoxical appearance at once of pastiche and iconoclasm was indeed one of Bacon's most original strokes." -needs some links for me to understand it.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 07:37, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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horizontal?[edit]

I'm no expert on Bacon or modern art or the terminology used to discuss either, but every time this article describes something as "horizontal," it seems to me to be referring to something vertical - the tassel, but especially the lines forming the curtain-like background? Those are basically vertical, aren't they? I'm very confused. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.181.16.100 (talk) 15:07, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Thats fixed now thanks. Ceoil (talk) 19:50, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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