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Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta

Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta

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  • Create Date:2021-05-11 11:53:19
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:J. David Spurlock
  • ISBN:1934331813
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Summary

Discover, or return to, the world's greatest heroic fantasy artist, Frank Frazetta in this landmark art collection entitled, Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta。 The New York Times said, "Frazetta helped define fantasy heroes like Conan, Tarzan and John Carter of Mars with signature images of strikingly fierce, hard-bodied heroes and bosomy, callipygian damsels" Frazetta took the sex and violence of the pulp fiction of his youth and added even more action, fantasy and potency, but rendered with a panache seldom seen outside of major works of Fine Art。 Despite his fantastic subject matter, the quality of Frazetta’s work has not only drawn comparisons to the most brilliant of illustrators, Maxfield Parrish, Frederic Remington, Norman Rockwell, N。C。 Wyeth but, even to the most brilliant of fine artists including Rembrandt and Michelangelo and, major Frazetta works sell for millions of dollars, breaking numerous records。

This innovator’s work has not only inspired generations of artists, but also movies and directors including the Conan films, John Carter of Mars, the sensationally successful Lord of the Rings trilogy, Robert Rodriguez’ films including From Dusk Till Dawn, Ralph Bakshi films, the epic, award-winning Game of Thrones series, Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow, Disney’s animated Tarzan films, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now and George Lucas’ Star Wars series。 The Forbes magazine article Schwarzenegger's Sargent led with the line, "Which artist helped make Arnold governor? Frank Frazetta, the Rembrandt of barbarians。"

J。 David Spurlock started crafting this book by reviving the original million-selling 1970s mass market art book, Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta。 But, he expanded and revised to include twice as many images and, presents them at a much larger coffee-table book size of 10。5 x 14。625”! The collection is brimming with both classic and previously unpublished works of the subjects Frazetta is best remembered for including barbarians, beasts, and buxom beauties。 Game of Thrones creator George R。 R。 Martin said, “Though he bears only a passing resemblance to the Cimmerian as Robert E。 Howard described him, Frazetta’s covers of the Conan paperback collections became the definitive picture of the character… still is。” Schwarzenegger said, “I have not been intimidated that often in my life。 But when I looked at Frazetta’s paintings, I tell you, it was intimidating。” Game of Thrones, Conan and Aquaman film star Jason Momoa said, “I am a huge Frank Frazetta fan。 Both of my parents are painters, so I'd known Frazetta's paintings, that's what I wanted to bring to life。” See the revolutionary art that helped inspire Schwarzenegger, Momoa, the Lord of the Rings films and Game of Thrones: FRAZETTA!

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Reviews

Mike

An excellent sampling of Frazetta's work reproduced in an oversized format to really give the art the space it needs to make an impression。 The introduction by Spurlock is interesting and the afterward by Frank Jr。 is a nice insight into the motivation of the Frazetta Museum。 I am a long time Frazetta fan and there were a few pieces included that either I was unfamiliar with, or that I had not seen earlier versions or later revisions of, so I was able to discover something new in this volume。 An excellent sampling of Frazetta's work reproduced in an oversized format to really give the art the space it needs to make an impression。 The introduction by Spurlock is interesting and the afterward by Frank Jr。 is a nice insight into the motivation of the Frazetta Museum。 I am a long time Frazetta fan and there were a few pieces included that either I was unfamiliar with, or that I had not seen earlier versions or later revisions of, so I was able to discover something new in this volume。 。。。more

Mike Parkes

This book is simultaneously awesome and a little disappointing。 Awesome because, well it's Frazetta。。。Most of his iconic works that defined Conan and the fantasy genre are included here。 Some of my faves are "Green Death', 'Cat Girl' (original), 'The Apparition', 'Woman With a Scythe', 'Death Dealer', 'Egyptian Queen', 'The Barbarian', 'The Silver Warrior', 'Savage World' and 'Berserker'。 Its dimensions are BIG - 14 inches or so high, on high-quality paper, and at an affordable price。 Disappoint This book is simultaneously awesome and a little disappointing。 Awesome because, well it's Frazetta。。。Most of his iconic works that defined Conan and the fantasy genre are included here。 Some of my faves are "Green Death', 'Cat Girl' (original), 'The Apparition', 'Woman With a Scythe', 'Death Dealer', 'Egyptian Queen', 'The Barbarian', 'The Silver Warrior', 'Savage World' and 'Berserker'。 Its dimensions are BIG - 14 inches or so high, on high-quality paper, and at an affordable price。 Disappointing because the text is almost useless - no real biographical info at all on Frazetta or the context of his work, and the book is short (only 112 pages, and many full-page images have a facing page that might contain little more than a quote), meaning that there's less art in here than you might hope for。 Some I would have liked to see are 'Bran Mak Morn', 'Swamp Demon' and 'The Sea Witch'。 I compare this with the out-of-print "Icon" which I borrowed from the library, but haven't been able to buy (copies sell for quite a premium)。 I thought "Icon" did a much better job at telling Frazetta's story and including more facets of his art。 But this volume is the one you can get your hands on now, and it's still pretty great。 It goes without saying that anyone interested in fantasy art needs a Frazetta compilation。 。。。more

Michael

Frank Frazetta, "the Rembrandt of barbarians" :)The New York Times said: "Frazetta helped define fantasy heroes like Conan, Tarzan and John Carter of Mars with signature images of strikingly fierce, hardbodied heroes and bosomy, callipygian damsels。"Frazetta took the sex and violence of the pulp fiction of his youth and added even more action, fantasy and potency, but rendered his wirks with a panache seldom seen outside of Fine Art。Dieser wundervolle Bildband hat ein riesiges Format und Frazett Frank Frazetta, "the Rembrandt of barbarians" :)The New York Times said: "Frazetta helped define fantasy heroes like Conan, Tarzan and John Carter of Mars with signature images of strikingly fierce, hardbodied heroes and bosomy, callipygian damsels。"Frazetta took the sex and violence of the pulp fiction of his youth and added even more action, fantasy and potency, but rendered his wirks with a panache seldom seen outside of Fine Art。Dieser wundervolle Bildband hat ein riesiges Format und Frazettas Artwork ist in fantastischer Qualität gedruckt。 Zum Träumen 。。。 。。。more

J。 Spurlock

Here is my video preview of my 2020 book, Fantastic Paintings of Frazettahttps://youtu。be/6P0kLr9rkJU Here is my video preview of my 2020 book, Fantastic Paintings of Frazettahttps://youtu。be/6P0kLr9rkJU 。。。more