... beyond human justice. Bacon created this artwork at the end of World War II when the accounts of Nazi death camps were beginning to emerge. The three figures act as a metaphor for the corruption of the human spirit and Bacon's revulsion at humanity's injustice towards individuals. The overall mood of the artwork is violent, with the subjects writhing in pain and ... ...

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