Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary

This biographical dictionary presents information on 400 artists whose influence and illustrative contributions to the fields of science fiction and fantasy literature helped define the 20th century as the "Science Fiction Century" and helped established science fiction and fantasy as unique and identifiable genres. In addition to providing basic, inclusive biographical data on venerable artists from Chris Achilleos to John Michael Zeleznik, each entry also includes a bibliographic listing of each artist's published work in the genre. Designed as a comprehensive, up-to-date reference guide for researchers, scholars, collectors, dealers, and enthusiasts, the book also includes an extensive and informative historical overview of modern science fiction art, written by the author and Robert Weinberg. Appendices list the recipients of all major awards specific to science fiction and fantasy art, including the Hugo Awards, the World Fantasy Awards, the Chesley Awards, the British Science Fiction Association Awards and the British Fantasy Awards.

Science Fiction And Fantasy Artists Of The Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary

Arts & Photography

Frank, Jane

History & Criticism

McFarland Publishing

This biographical dictionary is the first of its kind to document artists' contributions to one of the most popular and far-reaching of contemporary teenage social pastimes of the last quarter of the 20th century; that of role-playing games and collectible card games. The book presents full information on 150 artists, both painters and cartographers, whose influence and illustrative contributions to the field of table-top, pen-and-paper games helped define the "look" of game art and helped establish game art as a unique and recognizable genre. In addition to providing inclusive biographical data on each artist, the entries also include a bibliographic listing of each artist's published work in the genre.

Role-Playing Game and Collectible Card Game Artists: A Biographical Dictionary

Graphic Design

McFarland

This biographical dictionary presents full information on 400 artists whose influence and illustrative contributions to the fields of science fiction and fantasy literature helped define the 20th century as the "Science Fiction Century" and helped established science fiction and fantasy as unique and identifiable genres. In addition to providing inclusive biographical data on venerable artists from Chris Achilleos to John Michael Zeleznik, each entry also includes a bibliographic listing of each artist's published work in the genre,

Jane and Howard Frank, the owners of the collection, write A Short History of the Collection; in their essay, they describe more than thirty-five years of collecting science fiction art, and their role as curators with the responsibility to build the collection and preserve it for future generations. Dorit Yaron, the catalogue editor, provides a brief but comprehensive overview of the history of the genre of science fiction art. Through her essay, we understand the origins of science fiction art, the major artists, and some of the forces that shaped its evolution to the present. Elizabeth Tobey uses an art historical approach for her essay in which she addresses the intriguing topic of architectural setting found in the paintings on view. She contends that science fiction artists are not solely engaging the new and unknown, but are using traditions shared by artists of the past, as part of the continuum of art history.  Two essays use popular culture as a framework for examining science fiction art. Greg Metcalf shows how the masculine heroes in the American literary genre known as "westerns" elide with the heroes of early science fiction pulps, and demonstrates how the cult of the western frontier with its native American "aliens" parallels the future frontier and the aliens of outer space. Maria Day delineates the parallels between the work of industrial designers and science fiction artists during the 1930s as they, respectively, developed machines for work, living, and transport, and created illustrations of the future. The two final essays take more philosophical approaches. Dabrina Taylor examines science fiction's approaches to gender. She notes its particular failure to speculate about gender and its tendency to reiterate stereotypes. She cites the correspondence between "female" and "alien" and points to a number of paintings in the exhibition which present the male as seer and female as seen. The catalogue concludes with Matthew Hill's essay which presents yet another view of the intertwining of reality and fiction, science and playful imagination. At the core of his thesis is the conjecture that scientists, as well as science fiction writers and artists, make use of fantasy and speculation, and that such poetic dreaming is, in fact, instrumental to scientific thinking.

Possible Futures : Science Fiction Art from the Frank Collection, Re-Reading Science Fiction Art

Frank, Howard

Metcalf, Greg

Tobey, Elizabeth M.

Day, Maria

Taylor, Dabrina

Hill, Matthew E.

University of Maryland Art Gallery

An adult coloring book featuring the psychedelic and futuristic graphic designs and line drawings of science fiction and fantasy artist Mike Hinge.

Un-Hinged!: A Fantastic Psychedelic Coloring Book with All Original Designs by Mike Hinge

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Diet plays a central (even the central) role in how every person with diabetes manages his or her condition each day. While much is known about diabetes, exactly what everyone who has the condition should be eating continues to generate enormous debate among medical and nutrition professionals. Now, in Eating for Diabetes, nutritional therapist Jane Frank provides a complete overview of the best diet for people with diabetes. Based on the very latest diabetes nutrition research, Frank provides nutritional guidelines (including detailed information on the glycemic index and glycemic load), a menu planner, shopping advice, and over 125 delicious, nutritious recipes that cover every meal of the day: breakfast, snacks and drinks, soups and starters, beans and grains, poultry and fish, vegetables and salads, and desserts. Frank puts particular emphasis on fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and provides with each recipe a complete nutritional analysis, including its GI and GL levels. This all-in-one up-to-date cookbook and healthful eating guide is an important, vital new addition to the diabetes cookbook shelf.

Eating for Diabetes: A Handbook and Cookbook--With 125 Delicious, Nutritious Recipes to Keep You Feeling Great and Your Blood Glucose in Check

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Special Diet

Da Capo Lifelong Books

The Frank Collection is renowned worldwide as the largest and best collection of fantasy and science-fiction art. A first volume of treasures from the gallery was published in 1999 to considerable acclaim. Here is the eagerly awaited second volume, showcasing such giants of the fantasy-art field as Hannes Bok, Chesley Bonestell, Jim Burns, Thomas Canty, Bob Eggleton, Boris Vallejo, and many, many more.

Great Fantasy Art Themes from the Frank Collection

Paper Tiger

Jane Frank examines all aspects of BerkeyÂ’s work, with more than 100 color illustrations drawn from all periods of his career-including personal illustrations painted for his own artistic satisfaction. Berkey himself contributes an autobiographical introduction. Â“His wonderfully facile style is the perfect balance between painterly impressionism and hard-edged realism.Â”Â—Vincent Di Fate, Infinite Worlds.

The Art of John Berkey (Paper Tiger)

Home Improvement & Design

There have been many scares recently about the long-term effects of HRT treatment and so today many women are looking for alternatives to HRT as a way of dealing with the symptoms of the menopause. Diet and nutritional supplements are the natural preferred choice for those seeking another course. This book gives a collection of everyday recipes high in phyto-oestrogens, isoflavones and calcium-rich foods which have been shown to benefit, both in the short and long term, menopausal women. Based on her own experiences, Jane Frank has devised this book for women who, like her, prefer not to be obliged to take HRT.

Eat Smart Beat the Menopause

Cooking by Ingredient

Grub Street Cookery

This book explores the significance of the international book town movement and its impact on contemporary society. It examines how book towns have emerged and how their culture and unique characteristics help to explain a steadily growing phenomenon that has enabled peripheral communities around the world to reclaim their economic futures and impact on the cultural sphere as increasingly powerful sites and sources of creativity.
 Regenerating Regional Culture assesses why, at a time when the book industry is experiencing a profound transformation, book towns are proliferating in Europe and across the globe. It acknowledges the role of the book as a catalyst for this significant cultural activity and development. The book is shown to be a unique and pivotal item of cultural consumption, a remarkable artefact and, more than ever before, a springboard for contemporary cultural debate. This work investigates how the reanimation of these ‘down-on-their-luck’ towns is attracting, through a combination of nostalgia, history and cultural heritage, a growing middle class cohort who seek both intellectual stimulation and opportunities for serious leisure and wellbeing. This book will prove to be a useful resource for understanding the impacts of book towns on art, culture and society while also offering insightful research for those involved in existing or future development of book towns and other community cultural projects.

Regenerating Regional Culture: A Study of the International Book Town Movement (Sociology of the Arts)

Literature & Fiction

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

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