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Title: The Art of Michael Whelan by Michael Whelan ISBN: 0-553-07447-4 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1993 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.92 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Mind From Another Time & Place...
Comment: ...To look at Michael Whelan's art is to look into a mind so brilliant and vivid that only a hand guided by God could create such pictures... Get this book if you like "actual" scenes from other worlds.
Rating: 5
Summary: tea, deary?
Comment: "Hello there, come on in, deary, have a spot of tea. What? oh, that's my Art of Michael Whelan book; it's fascinating. Oh, I quite agree, deary, yesyes, he is the best in fantasy artists. But not just fantasy, oh nonono, he does horror too. This fellow just drags you into his imagination. Here, just look at this picture. Yesyes, I know it's just a ladder with broken rungs. LOOK at it. The broken rungs and the cobwebs, the way it leans, why, it's just pitiful, positively evokes ya. I get a lump just alooking. Ayup, this Whelan guy is a master. You know, I've started reading more authors because of him. Now don't you laugh, deary. Drink that tea all up now. I started reading them because he's done the coverwork. And I know for a personal fact that whatever he does the cover for, well, the inside has GOT to be good just to keep up with the out. Here now, you just take this home with you and see if what I'm saying isn't true."
Rating: 5
Summary: Breathtaking art, beautiful format
Comment: This book is truly a work of art!
The eminently talented Michael Whelan showcases his treasures in this large-size, full-color coffee table book.
With his superb attention to detail and boundless imagination, MW has created fantastic worlds. Here, he catalogues his numerous book covers (all genres of Science Fiction, and all genres of Fantasy, and other areas), paintings, and assorted works (he paints not just for a living but for his own enjoyment, evident in the many small sketches included throughout the book).
MW himself describes each piece. He isn't an artist who simply creates a cover when commissioned; he reads the text of the book he will be making a cover for. This is what makes his book cover art so wonderful. In my mind, his cover art for "Catspaw" and "The Snow Queen" are every bit as memorable as the stories they were made for. He details everything minutely: the curling edges of a drying leaf, the dust stain in a fold of clothing, a nick on the blade of a warrior's battle-ax, a snarl in a lock of hair, the markings on a spaceship lifting off from a background launch pad, the clearing sky reflected in a dangling pane of broken glass, the frayed edges of a worn rope attached to a forgotten bell. And that's just the little stuff in the background.
What sets this book aside from other art books is the fact that this book is made for people who like to LOOK at the art. Nearly half of the pieces featured here are full-page size, with the text/description and sketches, studies, details, alternative concepts on the facing page. Too many art books tend to squeeze pictures into small squares on a page. None of that here. The colors are sharp and vivid. The edges are sharp and crisp. The paper used is heavy glossy paper. There are three chapters (interviews, introduction, technical aspects) printed on heavy parchment-like paper. The book itself is clothbound in matte midnight black, embossed in gold. The publishers spared no expense in making this book.
And here's something I haven't seen in other art books: the 85+ full page plates are indexed in a back section of the book. Shrunk down to B&W postage-stamp size, you can glance through to quickly find your favorite picture.
The work represented here covers everything from dragons, winged lions, medieval castles, futuristic alien castles, strange aliens, bustling spaceports, nature settings, warriors of every type, humans and much more. Each picture is worth a thousand words indeed.
The paper cover/dustjacket features "Passage: The Avatar" (the breathtaking blue ruins) on the front and "The Summer Queen" on the back, both are featured inside the book. This is a plus, as many times the dustjacket art is counted among the represented work.
Very highly recommended.
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Title: Dragons & Mystics 2004 Calendar: The Art of Michael Whelan by Michael Whelan ISBN: 1569066140 Publisher: Ronnie Sellers Productions Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Wonderworks: Science Fiction and Fantasy Art by Michael, Whelan, Polly Freas, Kelly Freas ISBN: 0915442744 Publisher: Walsworth Publishing Pub. Date: November, 1985 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder by Michael Whelan ISBN: 0345326792 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 October, 1987 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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