The Art of the Little Mermaid: A Disney Miniature [Hardcover]

Jeff Kurtti (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion Books (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786863358
• ISBN-13: 978-0786863358
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #308,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is a joke, September 1, 2010

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L. Orozco (EC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Art of the Little Mermaid: A Disney Miniature (Hardcover)

It looks like now some people are selling this book for 100-200 dollars. Don't buy it, unless you are a freak collector :)
The book is really small, and it's a joke of a book. It looks cheap, feels cheap. There's very few concept art, and lots of screen captures, which, at this resolution, are awful to look at. Don't waste your money.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the art book I was looking for..., October 20, 2011

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Sarah (Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of the Little Mermaid: A Disney Miniature (Hardcover)

Like a lot of other people, I enjoy the art books to animated films almost as much as I enjoy the films themselves.

That being said, some of the older Disney movies, like The Little Mermaid, were done before they put together the really juicy artbooks we see today, full of character and background designs, concept art, storyboard, etc.

So don't expect any of that from this. You'll get a cute little book mostly comprised of stills from the film. Definitely not worth the $50+ people are selling it for.

I would guess that if Disney does do a real art book for this film (and why wouldn't they?) they are going to wait until they release The Little Mermaid from the Disney Vault again for Blu-Ray or something, like they did for Beauty and the Beast and it's corresponding art book earlier this year.

Oh, and since there isn't an options for viewing inside this book here, you can see for yourself what it contains at this video: [...]

19 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Tiny book, May 12, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Art of the Little Mermaid: A Disney Miniature (Hardcover)

This is a tiny book. I can't use this as my art reference. Don't make same mistake I did.