Francis Bacon: Man and Beast (Bacon Francis)(Pevná vazba)

Francis Bacon: Man and Beast (Bacon Francis)(Pevná vazba)

A major study of Francis Bacon's paintings of animals reveals his explorations of the human

Francis Bacon: Books and Painting (Ottinger Didier)(Pevná vazba)

Published to accompany a major Francis Bacon retrospective in Paris, which will travel to the Fine Arts Museum, Houston, Francis Bacon analyzes Bacon's works from 1971 onward in light of his relationship to literature. Bacon always vigorously opposed overanalysis of his paintings, preferring to

Francis Bacon: Incunabula (Daniels Rebecca)(Pevná vazba)

In 1949 Francis Bacon found his subject--the human body--and from then on it remained his principal theme. But he did not paint from life. Instead he appropriated images from the mass media that he manipulated into his 'studies.' This book presents over 200 of these documents, about which Bacon was

Francis Bacon: Shadows (Harrison Martin)(Paperback)

Francis Bacon: Shadows continues in the revelatory mode established by Inside Francis Bacon. It comprises six essays on diverse topics, interpretative as well as factual, which cumulatively present an abundance of fresh ideas and information about Bacon. The fundamental aim of the series--to

Bacon (Ficacci Luigi)(Pevná vazba)

Largely self-taught as an artist, Francis Bacon (1909–1992) developed a unique ability to transform interior and unconscious impulses into figurative forms and intensely claustrophobic compositions. Emerging into notoriety in the period following World War II, Bacon took the human body as his

Bacon: Selected Philosophical Works (Bacon Francis)(Paperback / softback)

Francis Bacon: The New Organon (Bacon Francis)(Paperback)

Francis Bacon's New Organon, published in 1620, was revolutionary in its attempt to give formal philosophical shape to a new and rapidly emerging experimental science. It challenged the entire edifice of the philosophy and learning of Bacon's time, and left its mark on all subsequent discussions of

O pravdě a lásce a jiné eseje - Francis Bacon - audiokniha

Audiokniha:,Výběr z knihy Eseje od Francise Bacona, jednoho z předních představitelů kulturního dění na královském dvoře za panování královny Alžběty I. a jejího následovníka Jakuba I. Obsáhle navazuje a doplňuje antické i další filozofy, rozebírá lidskou existenci i

7 Reece Mews - Francis Bacon's Studio(Pevná vazba)

One of the most powerful painters of our age, Francis Bacon lived and worked for the last thirty years of his life in a modest building in London's South Kensington. After he died in 1992, access was granted to award-winning photographer Perry Ogden to work undisturbed for days on end to produce

The Essays (Bacon Francis)(Paperback)

The genius of Francis Bacon is nowhere better revealed than in his essays. Bacon's education was grounded in the classical texts of ancient Greece and Rome, but he brought vividness and color to the arid scholasticism of medieval book-learning. Whatever their subject, whether it is something as

Francis Bacon: The Major Works (Bacon Francis)(Paperback)

This authoritative edition brings together an extensive collection of Bacon's writing--the major prose in full, together with sixteen other pieces not otherwise available--that reveals the essence of his work and thinking. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made

The Death of Francis Bacon (Porter Max (Author))(Pevná vazba)

Unfinished. Man Dying. A great painter lies on his deathbed. Max Porter translates into seven extraordinary written pictures the explosive final workings of the artist's

Francis Bacon: Couplings (Harrison Martin)(Pevná vazba)

A focused look at double-figure paintings by the celebrated British artist, whose disturbing portrayals radically altered the genre of figurative painting in the twentieth century. This book highlights a theme that preoccupied Francis Bacon throughout his career: the relationship between two

Francis Bacon in Your Blood (Peppiatt Michael)(Paperback / softback)

'This fine memoir is more insightful than gossipy, and as a subject Bacon is just about unbeatable.' -- The New York TimesIn June of 1963, when Michael Peppiatt first met Francis Bacon, the former was a college boy at Cambridge, the latter already a famous painter, more than thirty years his

Francis Bacon (British Artists) (Brighton Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

The hugely popular introduction to one of the most important painters of the twentieth century, reissued in the brand new hardback British Artists format. Includes full colour illustrations of all Bacon's best-known

New Atlantis (Bacon Francis)(Paperback)

It is said that Francis Bacon's 'New Atlantis' was prophetically written of the future United States of America and Bacon's vision of a utopian land where science could solve many of man's woes and ills. Bacon's influence on esoteric and scientific societies was monumental. He is said to have had a

Blimey! - From Bohemia to Britpop - London Art World from Francis Bacon to Damien Hirst (Collings Matthew)(Paperback / softback)

Interviews with Francis Bacon (Sylvester David)(Paperback)

Since its first publication, this book--with its subsequent revised and augmented editions--has been considered a classic of its kind. As a discussion of the problems of making art it has been widely influential, not only among artists but among writers and musicians. It has also been seen as the

Gilded Gutter Life Of Francis Bacon - The Authorized Biography (Farson Daniel)(Paperback / softback)

Widely regarded as the best British painter since Turner, very little is known about Francis Bacon's life. In this, the first-ever book to be written about him, Daniel Farson, friend and confidant to Bacon for over forty years, gives a highly personal, first-hand account of the man as he knew

Francis Benali: The Autobiography (Benali Francis)(Pevná vazba)

Francis Benali is a Southampton Football Club legend and a celebrated charity endurance athlete, and he's ready to tell his story. Francis 'Franny' Benali played football for 20 years for Southampton FC in nearly 400 games, almost his entire career. His utter dedication to the club caused him to

Gardening Basics for Dummies (National Gardening Association)(Paperback)

Cultivate your passion to grow In a 1625 essay, Francis Bacon called gardens 'the purest of human pleasures,' and what was true then is even more so today--gardening can give you a serene refuge from the short-lived (and noisy!) distractions of modern life and a fertile basis for satisfaction that

Handbook of Thermal Science and Engineering (Kulacki Francis A.)(Pevná vazba)

Day by Day with St. Francis - A Franciscan Breviary (Francis of Assisi Saint)(Pevná vazba)

Maynard Secrets of a Bacon Curer (Davies Maynard)(Pevná vazba)

Fans of Maynard will be delighted to read his further adventures in bacon curing. The last of the traditionally-apprenticed bacon curers, the author regales and inspires his readers with tales of * visits from the health inspectors * his colourful customers and work colleagues * his tips on curing,