Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.34 (863 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1848566980 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Hardware truly is a terrific book and certainly highly, highly recommended." - The Trades"A great art book, and one you should definitely own this belongs on your coffee table next to the work of other great artists like Ansel Adams and Roy Lichtenstein." - Never Not a Nerd"I was constantly blown away by Foss’s ability to turn fiction into reality. "An incredible selection of Foss' work." - io9"An indispensable collection of out-there space art." - SciFi Bulletin"There's a real sense of wonder all over this book and personally, I still find it all very inspiring. Foss’s art is full of things
His illustration work is highly distinctive, wearing its design influences on its sleeve. He produced the UK pb covers for Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy, worked with H.R. He is the editor and designer of several books including Lifestyle Illustration of the 60s and the recently released Cult-ure."One of the most successful and prolific designer/illustrators of the past 20 years." — Roger Sabin,
E. Dick, and lm design for Ridley Scott and Stanley Kubrick, this volume brings together many rare and classic images that have never been seen or reprinted before. Foss’s groundbreaking and distinctive science ction art revolutionized paperback covers in the 1970s and 80s. Van Vogt and Philip K. The rst comprehensive retrospective of Chris Foss’s SF career. Featuring work for books by Isaac Asimov, E. Clarke, A. ‘Doc’ Smith, Arthur C. Dramatically raising the bar for realism and invention, his trademark battle-weary spacecraft, dramatic alien landscapes and crumbling brutalist architecture irrevocably changed the aesthetic of science ction art and cinema. E. “Chris Foss’ name has become pre-eminent among sf artists He is in love with the monstrous, with angular momentum, with inertia-free projectiles and irresistable objects.” — Brian Aldiss “Foss’ creations are real machines, not just an artist’s dreams. They combine the two elements so essential to science ction: realism and a sense of wonder A medieval goldsmith of future eons.” — Alejandro Jodorowsky
Chris Foss. Sci-fi Art Master [[VIDEOID:mo1MChris Foss. Sci-fi Art Master Parka [[VIDEOID:mo1M4XMB2GSNRXG]]I managed to get this book from Amazon UK as it was released earlier there.This book is an amazing value for money. It's a rather large art book and it's filled with all these wonderful art from Chris Foss, mainly from the 70s and 80s. Each page typically has around 1 to 4 illustrations and there are a total of 240 pages. That's a lot of work!Chris Foss is an incredible sci-fi artist. There's a sense of realism that comes not just from how his works are painted, but also from the designs. For the ones that are printed full page, you can really check out the details that are put in. All are fully. XMB2GSNRXG]]I managed to get this book from Amazon UK as it was released earlier there.This book is an amazing value for money. It's a rather large art book and it's filled with all these wonderful art from Chris Foss, mainly from the 70s and 80s. Each page typically has around 1 to Chris Foss. Sci-fi Art Master Parka [[VIDEOID:mo1M4XMB2GSNRXG]]I managed to get this book from Amazon UK as it was released earlier there.This book is an amazing value for money. It's a rather large art book and it's filled with all these wonderful art from Chris Foss, mainly from the 70s and 80s. Each page typically has around 1 to 4 illustrations and there are a total of 240 pages. That's a lot of work!Chris Foss is an incredible sci-fi artist. There's a sense of realism that comes not just from how his works are painted, but also from the designs. For the ones that are printed full page, you can really check out the details that are put in. All are fully. illustrations and there are a total of 2Chris Foss. Sci-fi Art Master Parka [[VIDEOID:mo1M4XMB2GSNRXG]]I managed to get this book from Amazon UK as it was released earlier there.This book is an amazing value for money. It's a rather large art book and it's filled with all these wonderful art from Chris Foss, mainly from the 70s and 80s. Each page typically has around 1 to 4 illustrations and there are a total of 240 pages. That's a lot of work!Chris Foss is an incredible sci-fi artist. There's a sense of realism that comes not just from how his works are painted, but also from the designs. For the ones that are printed full page, you can really check out the details that are put in. All are fully. 0 pages. That's a lot of work!Chris Foss is an incredible sci-fi artist. There's a sense of realism that comes not just from how his works are painted, but also from the designs. For the ones that are printed full page, you can really check out the details that are put in. All are fully. CHRIS FOSSMASTER OF SCIFY Amazon Customer A "must have" book for all scify fans. Thick and full of his best illustrations. The reader can check some of his sketches.. All that I can say about this book is that Michael Mahaffey All that I can say about this book is that it totally rocks. Especially the spaceships. The detail alone is mind blowing.