The Art of Ray Harryhausen
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (938 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0823084000 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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At last, fans of Harryhausen can see the progression of his work over time, in a visual celebration of his art and artistry.. Now WG is pleased to present a companion book: The Art of Ray Harryhausen. Concise essays and lavish illustrations look at each of Harryhausen’s many specialties, including aliens, prehistoric creatures, mythological monsters, and much more. 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. • Harryhausen is the critically acclaimed master of stop-motion animation and has a huge following• Publishers Weekly called Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life “terrifi
Like O'Brien before him, Harryhausen hugely influenced younger filmmakers. In the introduction, Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson says he grew up wanting to become Harryhausen's apprentice and notes that the animator's films "have lost none of their ability to provoke wonder." Gordon FlaggCopyright © American Library Association. From Booklist Fantasy-film geeks revere Harryhausen's technically dazzling, meticulously crafted movies employing the painstaking technique of stop-motion animation. All rights reserved. This coffee-table volume showcases the material Harryhausen discovered in his archives while researching Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life (2004). Thematic chapters cover Harryhausen's early work, including his stint with animat
"An enlargement of Ray's FILM FANTASY SCRAPBOOK!!" according to Jonhayashi1. This book reads like a expanded version of Ray's FILM FANTASY SCRAPBOOK! Ray describes in detail the processes involved in making his movies and the influence of such artists as Charles R. Knight whose depiction of dinosaurs was a big influence on both Harryhausensen and Disney when it comes to the Rite Of Spring of FANTASIA. When Ray made EVOLUTION he. Not just for R.H. fans , but a important book for special effect's fans & film historians!!! Leo Hott Rarely does a man come along that is as influential to a specific field or occupation or art form that has such a impact as Ray Harryhausen!! Many could argue that Willis O'Brien should alone be credited with the advent of stop motion animation, but I believe that Ray Harryhausen's film's have influenced a much wider audience. Mr. Harryhausen gives cre. An amazing and incredible testament to a major fantastic filmmaker. To start with, this book reproduces so many unseen and barely- glimpsed-before drawings and concepts, that one can spend hours looking at each one again and again. So it is rare are we are afforded this backstage look at the making of those wonderful stop motion films. Harryhausen's legacy is testamony to a time when films were made of this kind, and t
He lives in London.Peter Jackson is the Oscar-winning director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong. Ray Harryhausen, the greatest animator in movie history, recently completed the film The Tortoise and the Hare, a fairy tale originally begun more than fifty years ago; it was released to great acclaim. He lives in London.Tony Dalton was involved in the publicity for Star War