Icon: A Retrospective by the Grand Master of Fantastic Art - Hardcover

Frazetta, Frank

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1887424415 ISBN 13: 9781887424417

Publisher: Underwood Books, 1998

Synopsis

Profiles the career of the influential artist and offers reproductions of many of his famous works, as well as uncollected and previously unpublished paintings and drawings

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Review:

This book is going to make Frank Frazetta fans very, very happy. Icon: A Retrospective by the Grand Master of Fantastic Art Frank Frazetta is a comprehensive look at the work of one of the world's most influential fantasy artists. Frazetta's entire career is covered, from his earliest work on L'il Abner to his unused poster art for Quentin Tarantino's From Dusk Till Dawn; from his powerful interpretations of Robert E. Howard's Conan character to his whimsical Hollywood parodies. More than a hundred full color prints of Frazetta's most representative work are collected here in a single handsome edition, along with photographs of the artist and his studio, quotes, and testimonial biography.

The subject matter of Frazetta's work is familiar--brawny warriors, buxom enchantresses, and terrifying monsters--but he manages to infuse them with a rare charisma. His figures are sublime, at once naturalistic and hyper-real, and his vivid use of colors startles the eye again and again. Incredibly, this collection manages to do justice to his decades of award-winning work. Icon is a must for the serious Frazetta enthusiast. --Brendan J. LaSalle

About this edition

• Publisher: Underwood Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1887424415
• ISBN 13: 9781887424417
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 163
• Editor: Fenner Cathy, Fenner Arnie