{"product_id":"the-fantastic-worlds-of-frank-frazetta-9783836579216","title":"The Fantastic Worlds Of Frank Frazetta 9783836579216","description":"\u003cp class=\"read-more__title\"\u003eAll Hail the King of Fantasy Art\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003eFrank Frazetta finally gets the big beautiful book he deserves\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/frank-frazetta\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/frank-frazetta\/\"\u003eFrank Frazetta\u003c\/a\u003e has reigned as the undisputed king of fantasy art for 50 years, his fame only growing in the 12 years since his death. With his \u003cstrong\u003epaintings now breaking auction records\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eEgyptian Quee\u003c\/em\u003en sold for $ 5.4 million in 2019) he’s long overdue for this ultimate monograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn to a Sicilian immigrant family in Brooklyn, 1928, Frazetta was a minor league athlete, petty criminal and serial seducer with movie star looks and phenomenal talent. He claimed to only make art when there was nothing better to do – he preferred playing baseball - yet began his professional career in comics at age 16. Strip work led him to \u003cstrong\u003ethe infamous \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/ec-comics\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/ec-comics\/\"\u003eEC Comics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, then to oils for \u003cstrong\u003eTarzan and Conan pulp covers\u003c\/strong\u003e. Both characters were interpreted by many before him, but as he explained in the 1970s, “I’m very physical minded. In Brooklyn, I knew Conan, I knew guys just like him,” and he used this first-hand knowledge of muscle and macho to redefine fantasy heroes as \u003cstrong\u003emore massive, more menacing, more testosterone-fueled than anything seen before\u003c\/strong\u003e. As counterbalance he created a new breed of women, nude as censorship allowed, with pixie faces and multiparous bodies: thick thighed, heavy buttocked, breasts cantilevered out to there, yet still, with their soft bellies and hints of cellulite, believably real. Add in the action, the creatures, the twilit worlds of haunting shadow and Frazetta’s art is addictive as potato chips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis monograph is the most complete ever produced on the artist, done \u003cstrong\u003ein collaboration with the Frazetta family. \u003c\/strong\u003eIt won the 2023 Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\"\u003eThe authors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDan Nadel\u003c\/strong\u003e is curator-at-large for the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California, Davis, and a contributor to the \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eArtforum\u003c\/em\u003e. Nadel’s books and exhibitions include \u003cem\u003ePeter Saul: Professional Artist Correspondence 1945–1976\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), \u003cem\u003eChicago Comics\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e1960s to Now\u003c\/em\u003e at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2021), and the forthcoming biography of Robert Crumb (Scribner, 2024). He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZak Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e is an artist whose work is included in several public collections including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Saatchi Gallery, London; and The Whitney Museum of American Art. He is the author of several books, writes a regular column for \u003cem\u003eArtillery\u003c\/em\u003e magazine and lives and works in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\"\u003eThe editor\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/dian-hanson\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/dian-hanson\/\"\u003eDian Hanson\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis a senior editor and writer for TASCHEN, with over 50 books to her credit. In addition to \u003cem\u003eARNOLD\u003c\/em\u003e, her recent works include \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Pin-up\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMasterpieces of Fantasy Art\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Fantastic Worlds of \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/frank-frazetta\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/frank-frazetta\/\"\u003eFrank Frazetta\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/about-us\/blog\/dian-hanson-and-so-it-begins\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/about-us\/blog\/dian-hanson-and-so-it-begins\/\"\u003eRead here how it all began\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\"\u003eThe Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-information__book-details\"\u003eHardcover, clothbound with jacket, \u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--dimensions\"\u003e29 x 39.5 cm, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--weight\"\u003e5.58 kg, \u003c\/span\u003e468 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-edition\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__biography--book-isbn\"\u003eISBN 978-3-8365-7921-6\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Edwards Lowell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55662552645957,"sku":"9783836579216","price":150.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/7132\/6789\/files\/9783836579216-e1752245901388.webp?v=1758023807","url":"https:\/\/elcol.com\/products\/the-fantastic-worlds-of-frank-frazetta-9783836579216","provider":"Edwards Lowell","version":"1.0","type":"link"}