Francis Bacon: 1909-1992, Deep Beneath the Surfaces of Things

I was very happy to receive this great book of the incredible Artist - Bacon. First of all, credit has to be given to the fantastic book publications of great artist by Taschen. Absolute, all around, great quality!!! The book was well laid- out - quaily photographs - and excellent written text. Im grateful for the book, thank you Amazon.

Bacon is untouchable. No one has done what he's done. I can flip through this book over and over again and his work just gets more mysterious. The publication is thorough without being too wordy and analytical- the images speak for them selves. It's a great book for anyone who loves art and especially Bacon.... and for the price you really cant go wrong.

I bought this book because I went to the exhibition and they had run out of the exhibition book. This has never happened to me before at the NSW Art Gallery. I wanted to get a brief intro to Francis Bacon and get some visual references to think about in the future. This book was perfect for that.

Fast shipping, well-described product, and condition.

Great series of artist books offering a general overview of each artist and their work.

A nice taste of bacon

I wanted a cheap but inspirational book about Francis Bacon. This book is just what I wanted. Lots of color pictures of his paintings and plenty of text to study this artist.

muy contento con el material

Great introduction to Bacon.

天才です。狂っているのを見事な緊張感で、ぎりぎりコントロールしている感じが良かったです。ていうか、むしろ素直に現実をとらえるとこのようなものかもしれません。

丁寧な梱包でした。大変満足のいく商品でした。これからもよろしくお願いします

同じ商品が2冊届いてしまい、困惑してしまった。絵の図版が小さいものが多く、初期作品をはじめ充実性に欠けている。

I started my collection of the Taschen 'Basic Art' series a while back with the original series in its hardback format, which were fairly large coffee-table style books. This is from the new Basic Art 2.0 series which was introduced for the series' 30th anniversary last year (2015). This is again the hardback version of the book but these books are approximately half the size now, but still a reasonable size measuring 26.4 x 21.6 x 1.3 cm and this is reflected with these hardback versions being considerably cheaper that the larger books released in the first series. Just be aware that any books in this newer series (with a release date of 2015 or later) will be one of the smaller books and not the larger ones from the original series unless specifically stated.The quality is still the same as with the original series - the production is slick with very good illustrations/reproductions which reproduce the colours well and dedicate a good portion of the book to the paintings. This book, on the often dark and disturbing works of Bacon, contains 35 beautiful full page sized images and 86 images which vary between half-page sizes, quarter page sizes and some smaller images which are often grouped into sets of 3 per page. The works are organised nicely and are of course broken up with text from the author.As always, the accompanying text can be a bit hit and miss with this series. In this instance I was surprised by how much text is included and the author does his best to write a narrative that takes us through Bacon's life and the changes in his output, but often over-fills this by pouring forth endless, gushing compliments and seems intent on creatively coming up with different flourished ways of saying the same thing and does this more than is necessary - it is still worth a read, but I feel the text could have been better edited or reigned in to allow for clearer and more detailed analysis on individual works which are being shown. There are still some good insights and observations but if you're looking for more of a biopic then look elsewhere. This doesn't detract from the overall quality of the book in my opinion and the text is easy to ignore if that's not what you're looking for as the images are so captivating and command your attention nicely as you turn each page.This is a review of the book rather than a review of the artist as chances are you already know who Bacon is and what type of works he created and this is a really nice collection of those images which are grouped well and easy to flick through - the dark, mysterious and unusual subjects are framed nicely on each page and it's a very nice book to have out where people can flick through at will. Bacon's work is rich enough to keep coming back to this book again and again so it has a good shelf life too.95 pages in total with the final five pages dedicated to a brief history of Bacon's life and works, including a handful of photos of the artist. I think at it's current price this is a very nice well-priced book and these make a really nice set if you're collecting them.