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Dinosaur Art: the World's Greatest Paleoart by Steve White (2012, Hardcover)

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Dinosaur Art: The World's Greatest Paleoart. Subtitle The World's Greatest Paleoart. It strives to illustrate not only the dinosaurs, but the art and science that bring them alive for us all.'. Red Orbit 'Magnificent, awe-inspiring, mind-blowing… words truly can't describe the level of artistic mastery showcased in this collection.

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PublisherTitan Books The Limited

ISBN-100857685848

ISBN-139780857685841

eBay Product ID (ePID)117398175

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Book TitleDinosaur Art: the World's Greatest Paleoart

Number of Pages188 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

TopicMixed Media, Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures, Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals

IllustratorYes

GenreNature, Art

AuthorSteve White

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight53.6 oz.

Item Length10.7 in

Item Width11.9 in

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by splendid100
20 Aug, 2021
Worth the price. Controversial but All the Better For That
The book is beautifully illustrated and contains interesting and informative text (about the artists rather than their prehistoric subjects). It is worth owning as a benchmark survey which summarises palaeoart in the late C20th/early C21st. That is to say, it is a benchmark of palaeoart produced by male artists, mainly hailing from North America, with a few token Europeans in the mix. It fully demonstrates both the strengths and deficiencies of this cultural background and will be a valuable future reference for comparisons if/when the demographic profile of palaeoartists diversifies to include those who are neither men nor Americans. Example: I find palaeoart which presents dinosaurs as always engaged in roaring, teeth-barring, vicious combat as neither scientifically valid nor aesthetically rewarding. It tells us more about the North American culture of the artists than dinosaurs. I was both intrigued and unsurprised to find several featured artists also worked for comic book publishers, Hollywood, and video games. Yup. Figures. But twas ever thus - British Victorian prehistoric life imagined by Owen was as much a representation of Victorian Blighty as of ancient life. Part of the fascination of palaeoart for me is seeing how the past is drawn as a version of the present and vice versa. This is one reason why I expect to enjoy this book even more twenty years from now - when its ability to encapsulate a feel for turn of the century culture will be all the more useful and stand as a contrast to whatever bias has hegemony in the 2040s. While not endorsing all the art or all the (now often dated) interpretations of the evidence, I can warmly recommend this as a fascinating and enjoyable survey of a good variety of often delightful artwork.
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