BACK IN STOCK! Taschen FANTASY ART Myth Muscle Sexy Maidens GIANT SIZE XXL HC

Description: SHIPPING IN COVID TIMES: Please note that at this time, the post office is VERY VERY slow and if you need this by a specific time, you'll need to select Priority Mail or it may take a couple weeks or longer to get there. I know it's more expensive, but it's the only way to insure a quick delivery... FINALLY BACK IN STOCK! MASTERPIECES OF FANTASY ART Myth, Muscle and Sexy Maidens: A GIANT SIZED Survey of Fantasy Art Featuring the Artwork of: Julie Bell, Philippe Druillet, Frank Frazetta, H.R. Giger, The Brothers Hildebrandt, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Rodney Matthews, Moebius, Rowena Morrill, Sanjulian, Boris Vallejo, Michael Whelan, plus 99 more. Famous First Edition: First printing of 7,500 numbered copies! AUTHORIZED TASCHEN RESELLER! - I am a legitimate authorized Taschen Bookseller. All my Taschen books are purchased directly from Taschen as opposed to buying them in a bookstore and then reselling them. These are brand new, direct FROM Taschen and packaged as they came from them! Special orders welcomed! Fantasy art, that colorful blend of myth, muscle and sexy maidens, took off in 1923 with the launch of ;Weird Tales, was reinvigorated in the 1960s with The Lord of the Rings, Conan the Barbarian paperbacks with Frank Frazetta covers, and the late ’60s emergence of fantasy psychedelia. It went big in the ’70s with the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, the brilliant French magazine Métal Hurlant, and the first Star Wars film. This monster-sized tome features original paintings, contextualized by preparatory sketches, sculptures, calendars, magazines, and paperback books for an immersive dive into this dynamic, fanciful genre. Insightful bios go beyond Wikipedia to give a more accurate and eye-opening look into the life of each artist. Complete with fold-outs and tipped-in plates (more on this below) and chapter openers, this collection will reign as the most exquisite and informative guide to this popular subject for years to come. The number of active artists peaked in that decade, but a new generation of fans discovered the genre through fantasy trading card games in the ’90s, leading to a massive interest in the art form today. Frank Frazetta’s oil paintings—when they infrequently come to market—have sold for more than $ 5 million in recent years. Fans line up at Comic-Cons to meet Boris Vallejo, Rodney Matthews, Greg Hildebrandt, Michael Whelan, and Philippe Druillet, and memorialize dead icons HR Giger, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, and Frazetta. Imagine how eagerly they’ll welcome TASCHEN’s History of Fantasy Art, including all the artists listed above and more. Each one of these creators gets his own chapter here, introduced with an iconic painting tipped onto a special colored index stock. Also rating full chapters are Julie Bell, Moebius, Rowena, Sanjulian and Michael Whelan. Chapters also examine Fantasy Art Origins back to the 1800s, before being kicked into overdrive by the pulp magazine Weird Tales. Berni Wrightson, Wally Wood, the Warren magazines, sci-fi pulps and paperback covers, Kelly Freas, EC Comics, Ace double novels, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Hannes Bok, Spicy pulps, Margaret Brundage, J. Allen St. John, William Blake, Harry Clarke, all are here and much more. Here are a few more images from within... Enjoy! The text is in three languages: English, French and German and contains an introduction by Boris Vallejo entitled, “My Fantasy Life". ABOUT THE PRESENTATION: Each book is bound in full deep blue cloth with a blind-embossed cover design, wrap-around dust jacket with gold foil titles (featuring Princess of Mars by Frank Frazetta), and a laid-in individual limitation card with book number, from a First Edition of 7500. Printed and bound in Italy, it features 532 pages and measures a whopping 15.6 x 11.4 in., and weighs 16.35 lb Shown (above) left and right are images of some of the extra special features, such as working drawings (Arzac by Moebius left) and an example of the tipped in plates, shown right. If you are not familiar with the term "tipped-in", this means that the picture is a separate piece of paper that has been affixed to the book with a small dab of adhesive on the tips so they can be easily removed for framing, or whatnot. Because they are a separate piece of art, they are far more vibrant than most books formats would allow, and they are of course, more valuable given each piece is a work of art unto itself. This is a strictly limited edition of 7500 copies... (That is only 150 per State, assuming the rest of the world get's none - VERY Limited Edition). BRAND NEW IN THE ORIGINAL BOX, STRAIGHT FROM TASCHEN! 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Price: 198.97 USD

Location: Walnut, California

End Time: 2025-01-21T19:41:38.000Z

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