Synopses & Reviews
Harryhausen is a living legend with a dedicated following ranging from Hollywood heavyweights to fawning fanboys, all of whom will love this book and want it on their shelves. Make sure it's on yours.--Library Journal
- Foreword by Peter Jackson, groundbreaking director of The Lord of the Rings movies
- Lavishly illustrated with images from Harryhausen's personal archive
- Companion volume to Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life
The huge ape of Mighty Joe Young. The fighting skeletons of Jason and the Argonauts. And, of course, the angry T. Rex of Island of the Gwangi. All these creations, and many more seared into our collective consciousness, are the work of Ray Harryhausen. The father of special effects, Ray Harryhausen is revered among film historians, animators, special-effects designers, and everyone who's ever seen his inspired stop-motion creations. The Art of Ray Harryhausen is packed with never-before-seen images from the artist's personal archive, including sketches, drawings of key scenes, storyboards, and models that were used in films. Concise essays and lavish illustrations look at each of Harryhausen's many specialties, including aliens, prehistoric, creatures, mythological monsters, and much more. This deluxe paperback edition allows fans of Harryhausen to see the progression of his work over time, in a visual celebration of his art and artistry.
- Targeted publicity campaign to film industry media
- Promotion at Comic-Con (New York & San Diego)
Review
"Harryhausen is a living legend with a dedicated following ranging from Hollywood heavyweights to fawning fanboys, all of whom will love this book and want it on their shelves. Make sure it's on yours." --Library Journal
Synopsis
Profiling the works of the greatest animator in movie history, this lavishly illustrated volume is an enlightening follow-up to "Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life." 286 illustrations, 211 in full color.
Synopsis
As one of the most highly acclaimed stop-motion animators in movie history, Ray Harryhausen was responsible for the dinosaurs, animals, mythological creatures, and aliens in such classic films as
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, King Kong, Jason & The Argonauts, and
War of the Worlds. These extraordinary creatures stole scene after scene from human actors, and this book shows how he developed them.
When writing his autobiography, An Animated Life, Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton realized that they were working with a collection of art too extensive to share in one book. As a result, this companion volume lets readers explore the hoard of artwork that Harryhausen has preserved in his London home.
Reproduced to the highest standards, this artwork includes preliminary sketches, elaborate drawings of key scenes, and storyboards, all produced as he prepared to undertake the laborious task of animating each creature. Also shown here are the tiny, elaborately articulated models that Harryhausen created to play enormous roles, and the bronzes he cast to preserve their forms in perpetuity.
The stunning array of images in this book is a tribute to the vast scope of Harryhausens imagination and artistic skills. It is a collection that no one interested in special effects or cinema history can do without.
Synopsis
As one of the most highly acclaimed stop-motion animators in movie history, Ray Harryhausen was responsible for the dinosaurs, animals, mythological creatures, and aliens in such classic films as
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, King Kong, Jason & The Argonauts, and
War of the Worlds. These extraordinary creatures stole scene after scene from human actors, and this book shows how he developed them.
When writing his autobiography, An Animated Life, Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton realized that they were working with a collection of art too extensive to share in one book. As a result, this companion volume lets readers explore the hoard of artwork that Harryhausen has preserved in his London home.
Reproduced to the highest standards, this artwork includes preliminary sketches, elaborate drawings of key scenes, and storyboards, all produced as he prepared to undertake the laborious task of animating each creature. Also shown here are the tiny, elaborately articulated models that Harryhausen created to play enormous roles, and the bronzes he cast to preserve their forms in perpetuity.
The stunning array of images in this book is a tribute to the vast scope of Harryhausens imagination and artistic skills. It is a collection that no one interested in special effects or cinema history can do without.
About the Author
RAY HARRYHAUSEN, universally revered as the grandmaster of special effects in the pre-computer age, was born in Los Angeles but now lives in London.
TONY DALTON has worked as a film publicist and historian and now runs his own archive research company. Together, they have also written Rays autobiography, An Animated Life and A Century of Stop-Motion Animation.