 Sylvester detects the influence of late works by Titian in other aspects , especially in the deep and rich colouring , Velázquez 's portrayals of Philip IV , and agrees with identification of pastels of Edgar Degas as a source . He believes Bacon borrowed from Degas the use of parallel heavy folds to create the illusion of what Degas described as " shuttering " , as seen in the earlier artist 's After the Bath , Woman drying herself . Sylvester makes a further direct link between the folds and the transparent veil in Titian 's Portrait of Cardinal Filippo Archinto . He believes the folds serve to " push the viewer back " , creating a distance from the subject , an effect he sees as similar to the separation between and orchestra and setting ; others view the folds as more closely resembling the bars of a prison . Sylvester describes them as an accentuation of background verticals into stripes that are made to appear as if they pass through the sitter . In his " Interviews with Francis Bacon " series of books , he asked Bacon why he found the effect so poignant . The artist replied , " Well , it means that the sensation doesn 't come straight out at you but slides slowly and gently through the gaps . " 
 Sylvester <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>detects</mark></a> the influence of late works by Titian in other aspects , especially in the deep and rich colouring , Velázquez <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>portrayals of Philip IV , and <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>agrees</mark></a> with identification of pastels of Edgar Degas as a source . He <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>believes</mark></a> Bacon borrowed from Degas the use of parallel heavy folds to create the illusion of what Degas described as " shuttering " , as seen in the earlier artist 's After the Bath , Woman drying herself . Sylvester <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>makes</mark></a> a further direct link between the folds and the transparent veil in Titian <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>Portrait of Cardinal Filippo Archinto . He <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>believes</mark></a> the folds serve to " push the viewer back " , creating a distance from the subject , an effect he <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>sees</mark></a> as similar to the separation between and orchestra and setting ; others view the folds as more closely resembling the bars of a prison . Sylvester <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>describes</mark></a> them as an accentuation of background verticals into stripes <a href='null_relcl' title='10'><mark>that</mark></a>are made to appear as if they pass through the sitter . In his " Interviews with Francis Bacon " series of books , he asked Bacon why he found the effect so poignant . The artist replied , " Well , it <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>means</mark></a> that the sensation doesn 't come straight out at you but slides slowly and gently through the gaps . " 
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