法蘭西斯˙培根是二十世紀中葉後成名的英國具象畫家，一生以人物為其創作主題。本研究首先要探討培根藝術風格的形塑，培根雖然是一位自學而成的藝術家，但是他的藝術語言仍受到其他藝術家的影響，其中包括委拉斯貴茲（Diego Velázquez）的教宗圖、畢卡索（Pablo Picasso）變形時期的人物造型，還有十九世紀末攝影家梅布里奇（Eadweard Muybridge）的連續動態攝影。因此，本論文在藝術家的藝術語言探究這一部分，將分析培根如何從不同的藝術家和藝術表現風格中，汲取他們獨特的藝術語言並融合到自己的創作。此外，培根的某些作品，被視為具有超現實主義色彩。將不甚相關的圖像並置，造成繪畫中詭異的效果，還有無意識的自由聯想，都是超現實主義的手法。這其中也隱含藝術家主張繪畫是非圖解式、非敘述性的理念，欲以猛烈、驚悚的影像帶給觀者最直接感受。再者，在培根的畫中「框」是一個獨特的語言，在畫中常可以明顯觀察到，人物周圍常有利用線條，所構成類似箱子的造形。它像是一種「框」將人物包圍、區隔人物與其畫中場景。論文研究將先觀察培根畫中框的不同形式，並嘗試將它們歸類為受刑臺、線形框和環形場域。從探討培根繪畫中「框」的形式，找出其有可能所隱含的心理特質與涵義。框的意涵，所象徵的除了是藝術家感受來社會、環境、宗教，對人的各種限制與枷鎖外，也是藝術家個人對對象，帶有性意識和宰制的意味。

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