Coping with the death of his lover, Bacon paints figures who decompose and fuse together in front of our eyes. Francis Bacon, Triptych – August 1972 by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Marilyn’s floating head, garishly colored, functions as the Virgin Mary in a Byzantine icon. Andy Warhol, Gold Marilyn Monroe by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Warhol used a quasi-mechanical process of silkscreen to reproduce Marilyn Monroe’s familiar face again and again. Andy Warhol, Marilyn Diptych by Tina Rivers Ryan