Masters of Dragonlance Art (Dragonlance: Artbooks) [Paperback]

Margaret Weis (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2002 | Series: Dragonlance: Artbooks

A showcase of more than a decade of Dragonlance artwork.

This book features artwork from Dragonlance novels, games, calendars, and other materials created over the past ten years. With pieces from artists such as Brom, Matt Stawicki, Mark Zug, Todd Lockwood, Larry Elmore, and more, this collection features some of the best fantasy art published over the last decade.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786927984
• ISBN-13: 978-0786927982
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.3 x 10.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #725,518 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this book is awesome!, October 22, 2002

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"kawraith" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Masters of Dragonlance Art (Dragonlance: Artbooks) (Paperback)

This book contains several absolutely gorgeous pictures... not that any of them are anything less than stunning. Any fan of Dragonlance, or even just fantasy art would love to leaf through this book-lots of fond memories. It also contains bios on the artists, and some feedback on the art; nothing overly extensive, just a few notes from the creator to augment the ideal of the pictures.

However, the real point of this book is that the art is outstanding. It won't improve your knowledge of the fantasy series... but it will give you a lovely collection of its art, and some minor history of its development. It will also give you the proper book titles so you can find those few books that you managed to miss in your searches for more excellent side stories.

Even the "Spectre of the Black Rose" cover picture is included (twice actually) that creepy picture of Soth being my personal favorite. Even Art director Ryan Sansaver said it "Kicks [butt] !"
So I highly recommend it. Buy it! Share it with your friends!

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating book, August 17, 2005

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Kveldulfr (Hornbjarg, Iceland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Masters of Dragonlance Art (Dragonlance: Artbooks) (Paperback)

Compared to other artbooks, this one seems to be printed on lesser (less quality) paper. The pages are black, which is not very usual, thus rather fascinating or unusual.

As for the artworks, I believe that too much space is wasted on the newer artists works, although the elder ones already have books that showcase their art. Some decline in art nicety is even apperent in my opinion...

Rather nice buy though, and I recommend it to anyone who has the money to purchase such a piece of beautiful book.

5.0 out of 5 stars good book for fans, January 5, 2012

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illithid - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Masters of Dragonlance Art (Dragonlance: Artbooks) (Paperback)

If you are a big fan of the Dragonlance volumes, you will definitely like this book. The artwork is spectacular. The only negative would be that many of the portraits are from the secondary stories, so you really have to be familiar with all of the novels to appreciate the entire book.