Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion is a 1944 triptych by the Irish-born British painter Francis Bacon. It shows three writhing, half-human creatures against a flat burnt orange background, based on the Furies of Aeschylus's Oresteia. Bacon painted it in oil and pastel on fibreboard in about two weeks. He had first intended a large crucifixion scene with figures at the foot of the cross, but the triptych became its own work. When it was first shown in 1945 it caused a sensation and made him one of the leading post-war painters.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.