Sir Frances Bacon

Sir Frances Bacon
Our Fellow

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

How does this connect to Worldview Elements?

Geography: He lived in London England. It was a very good place to sell his paintings since it was very busy. He also lived in Berlin and Paris for 2 years.  
Time: In his time people weren't that educated. So when Francis Bacon invented the Scientific Method it expanded the knowledge of the people.  
Beliefs: He was a devout Anglican. (Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures.) He protested against the church because of the
reformation.  
Values: Francis Bacon's main value was art.  
Knowledge: Francis did not attend art school. He dropped out of Cambridge at the age of 15. He invented the Scientific Method which let people start exploring and experimenting.    
Economy: He sold his paintings in London, England and other places around the world. The places that he went were very populated so it was very easy to sell his paintings.  
Society: He thought that selling paintings would spread knowledge through the society.   

Monday, November 29, 2010

Creater of Scientific Method

Francis Bacon invented the scientific method.

What is the scientific Method?

It is the method used todiscover and produce knowledge. It helps us succesfully understand knowledge. There are 5 steps to complete this method.
1.Observation-watch and obtain info using all of our senses
2.Repitition-More observations are nescessary, look again. State observations.
3.Induction-Create a general statement describing what happened and why it happened(hypothesis)
4.Deduction-Used to see if hypothesis is correct
5.Testing- test your experiment and get results

        

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Basic Information

Born on January 22, 1562 and died in 1626.
Born in London England.
He was a religion protestant and he was also an artist.
Had a difficult relationship with father, because of his sexual orientation.
Married to Alice Bernham.
Bacon died of a heart attack on 28 April 1992 while on holiday in Spain while on a buisness trip selling paintings.
He had an older brother, Harley, five years his senior, two younger sisters, Ianthe and Winifred, and a younger brother Edward.

Although Bacon never attended art school, he began to draw and work in watercolor.
Bacon painted very little after his solo show in 1934 and in the 1930's and early 1940's destroyed many of his works.
He was one of five children in his family.
Before his mariage with Alice, he had two gay relationships with his first great love Peter Lacy and then afterwards one relationship with John Edwards.