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Summary: Super Fantastic, one of his best.
Review: After reading and looking at the fantastic prints this is truly a "Master Piece" of work. I have books by other artist, of the same caliber as Mr. Frazetta. This is a must have addition of any art collector.
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Summary: One the Best Fantasy Art Books Ever
Review: An excellent companion to the book Legacy it provides the reader with an exciting array of some of Frazetta's best works (along with some interesting background to these paintings). Presented herein is a mixture of adventure and the erotic unmatched by any. If ever there were a Five Star book this is it.
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Summary: Simply the Best
Review: Any Frank Frazetta fan would just die if he or she did not own this book. It is simply the best Frazetta art book ever put out.I incourage anyone who has or has not heard of this "Great" fantasy artist to check this book out. You wont regret it!!
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Summary: frazetta's ICON a must for any serious fan of great fantasy
Review: any lover of great fantasy art will be thrilled by this collection of paintings by the grand master, Frank Frazetta. Simply a genius with a brush or pencil, this book includes all his great works, wonderfully reproduced!!!
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Summary: Simply the Best Frazetta book ever done!
Review: Certainly one of the 20th century's most influential artists, Frank Frazetta has finally been given the showcase his work deserves. Featuring virtually all of the paintings that made him a legend among artists and fans alike (Conan, Tarzan, et al), "Icon" also includes a stack of previously unpublished and uncollected art, photographs, and some fascinating commentary by Fenner and Frazetta himself. From drawing comics for EC to ghosting "Lil Abner" for Al Capp to painting movie posters for Clint Eastwood, Frank Frazetta has proven again and again that he is one of the most exciting creators in the history of fantasy art. Often imitated, never equaled, Frazetta is the best and "Icon" is a *must have* book!
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Summary: Don't pay attention to pandora14@hotmail.com's comment!
Review: Ever since I was a little child, my father had some of the earlier work's of this master of fantasy art, along with some Vallejo's and Hogarth's, and I must say, although not my favorite artist, Frazetta's work has been and will be, a great influence for dozens of current artists and a definitive corner stone in the art of this and the next hundred years. It seems that even today, some people like pandora14 still think Michaelangelo's David is some kind of pornographic work that should be buried to ashes...mmm...pity for them, they don't know what they're missing!
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Summary: Beautifully edited artbook with fantastic prints !
Review: Frank Frazetta is a genius who set the standard for modern fantasy illustration. When I say "modern" I mean for the last few decades. (Of course, there were more than a few great american illustrators in the first half of the 20th century, the most prominent of them the legendary James Allen St. John, who actually devised the look of heroic fantasy as we know it today.)Anyways, Frazetta was and still is the most influental artist in the field, one whose unique style was imitated by generations of artists throughout the world. "Icon", the largest collection of his art ever assembled in a single volume brings not only his classic images of jungle princesses, luscious femme fatales, mighty warriors, brutal barbarians and strange beasts (often alongside their revised versions, more or less different than those originally published), this beautifully edited monograph as well evokes the spirit of an era in which those artworks were created. Every painting has its story, and by reading notes about them we learn a thing or three about other protagonists of the golden age of american pulp culture. Indeed, there were titans in those days, artists who "touched people's lives with a stroke of their pen, or flourish of their brush" - as quoted in Frazetta's biography. Taking a look at all these masterpieces, one alongside another, all compiled in one book, one fully realizes the magnitude of Frazetta's impact on contemporary fantasy illustration. His depth of imagination and superb art technique remains unsurpassed all these years.
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Summary: A fabulous collection with never before published work!
Review: Frank Frazetta is by far the greatest fantasy illustrator of the last 50 years. His paintings are fit for the walls of any fine art museum. Icon is a wonderful book containing many of Franks finest and most famous works along with some never before seen art work from the master. This book is a must have for any fan of fantasy art. It contains interviews and information on many of Frazettas paintings with a wonderful insight to Franks life and legendary carear. Well printed and bound Icon will make a great addition to your coffee table. BUY THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Frazetta's Icon: Beautiful Life and Death in Fantasy Art
Review: Frazetta can capture life better than any camera. His images are more than alive they are surreal. The action and movement leap off the page. The women are more beautiful and voluptuous than any you may ever meet or dream of. The men are believable in their musculature, stance and prowess, and are harder than a rock. His beasts and cats are more tawny, serpentine and ferocious than any fantasy author or movie maker could conjure up. His armor is harder and more metallic than seems possible. And its all here in "Icon". Frazetta can lead your eye and cause you to see what he wants you to see. His structure and framing are flawless. Frazetta does not paint posed characters in heroic staged scenes. Frazetta takes a snap shot of life in its most vivid and lush moving existence, or in its near death harshness and puts it on canvas. Even his non-moving figures fairly ripple with life and energy. And you can see examples of it all in "Icon". Their are only two perfect matches in the art world and they both have the master Frank Frazetta as the second component. The first is author Edgar Rice Burroughs and the second is Robert E. Howard's Conan. Frazetta made Burroughs' work come to life in beautiful, brutish livid reality. Frazetta made Conan the beleivable, powerful, war-torn thug he was. Almost all of these pieces are contained in "Icon". I wish I were a Frazetta hero and could rescue and succor a Frazetta female. But, since I can't I'll just have to settle down in my easy chair and browse through "Icon" again.
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Summary: Frazetta's Icon: Beautiful Life and Death in Fantasy Art
Review: Frazetta can capture life better than any camera. His images are more than alive they are surreal. The action and movement leap off the page. The women are more beautiful and voluptuous than any you may ever meet or dream of. The men are believable in their musculature, stance and prowess, and are harder than a rock. His beasts and cats are more tawny, serpentine and ferocious than any fantasy author or movie maker could conjure up. His armor is harder and more metallic than seems possible. And its all here in "Icon". Frazetta can lead your eye and cause you to see what he wants you to see. His structure and framing are flawless. Frazetta does not paint posed characters in heroic staged scenes. Frazetta takes a snap shot of life in its most vivid and lush moving existence, or in its near death harshness and puts it on canvas. Even his non-moving figures fairly ripple with life and energy. And you can see examples of it all in "Icon". Their are only two perfect matches in the art world and they both have the master Frank Frazetta as the second component. The first is author Edgar Rice Burroughs and the second is Robert E. Howard's Conan. Frazetta made Burroughs' work come to life in beautiful, brutish livid reality. Frazetta made Conan the beleivable, powerful, war-torn thug he was. Almost all of these pieces are contained in "Icon". I wish I were a Frazetta hero and could rescue and succor a Frazetta female. But, since I can't I'll just have to settle down in my easy chair and browse through "Icon" again.
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