Paleoart
Visions of the Prehistoric Past
$180.37
- Hardcover
292 pages
- Release Date
13 September 2017
Summary
It was 1830 when an English scientist named Henry De la Beche painted the first piece of paleoart, a dazzling, deliciously macabre vision of prehistoric reptiles battling underwater. Since then, artists the world over have conjured up visions of dinosaurs, woolly mammoths, cavemen, and other creatures, shaping our understanding of the primeval past through their exhilarating images.
In this unprecedented new book, writer Zoë Lescaze a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783836555111 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3836555115 |
| Author: | Walton Ford |
| Publisher: | Taschen GmbH |
| Imprint: | Taschen GmbH |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 292 |
| Release Date: | 13 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 3.08kg |
| Dimensions: | 39mm x 250mm x 340mm |
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Critics Review
“Two centuries of dinosaur art come alive in this gorgeous new book.”
Epic… it’s a passport to a past that no one ever witnessed. * The Washington Post *
Paleoart is a book about scientific discovery and artistic invention, it is also a history of artists grappling with the reality of extinction, and may be more relevant now than ever. * The New York Times Book Review *
Despite the artworks’ diversity, every vision of the prehistoric world serves to remind us of two things: humans’ capacity for imagination and the limits of our knowledge. * CNN *
Prehistoric creatures dazzle in recreated art nouveau murals. * New Scientist *
A gorgeous visual history of artwork inspired by Earth’s extinct life… Paleoart offers up many visions of the past that will impress even the most dedicated fans of the genre. * VICE *
As gory-yet-glossy coffee table fun-fests go, it’s a rip-roaring treat. * Esquire *
Paleoart is a marvel, at once beautiful and strange, fantastical and authoritative. * Elizabeth Kolbert *
This book is unprecedented… a sweeping chronicle of a genre of art that most people have no idea even exists. * Walton Ford *
Walton Ford
Walton Ford was born in 1960. He studied filmmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, but soon realized he was a painter. For the last 30 years, he has been creating large-scale narrative watercolors. His work has been widely exhibited, including solo shows at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin and the Brooklyn Museum in New York.
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