from an olympic ski jump to the world`s largest airport terminal, this book contains the complete works of dame zaha hadid, one of the great architects of the 21st century and the first woman to win the pritzker prize. with photos, descriptions and drawings, readers can explore the life and philosophy of the queen of the curve.
Fantasy art, that colorful blend of myth, muscle and sexy maidens, took off in 1923 with the launch of Weird Tales magazine, 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. 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.
explore ernst haeckel, the 19th-century artist-biologist who found beauty in the most unlikely creatures. this collection features 300 prints from his most important publications, including the majestic kunstformen der natur and his catalogues of marine life. these exquisite images are a scientific, artistic and environmental masterwork.