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Spectrum 18: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art) [Hardcover]

Cathy Fenner , Arnie Fenner
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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December 6, 2011 Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (Book 18)
Challenging, controversial, educational, and irreverent, the award-winning Spectrum series reinforces both the importance and prevalence of fantastic art in today’s culture. With exceptional images by extraordinary creators, this elegant full-color collection showcases an international cadre of creators working in every style and medium, both traditional and digital. The best artists from the United States, Europe, China, Australia, South America and beyond have gathered into the only annual devoted exclusively to works of fantasy, horror, science fiction, and the surreal, making Spectrum one of the year’s highly most anticipated books.

Featured in SPECTRUM 18 are 300 diverse visionaries, many of them world-renowned, including Michael Whelan, Sam Weber, Donato Giancola, Leo & Diane Dillon, Kinuko Craft, James Gurney, Peter de Sève. With art from books, graphic novels, video games, films, galleries, and advertising, Spectrum is both an electrifying art book for fans and an invaluable resource for clients looking for bright new talent. The entire field is discussed in an invaluable, found-nowhere-else Year In Review. Contact information for each artist is included in a handy index.

Often imitated, never equaled, SPECTRUM 18 continues the freshness and excellence that was established seventeen years ago.

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About the Author

Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner are recipients of the Locus Award and World Fantasy Award for SPECTRUM as Best Art Book. In addition to SPECTRUM, the Fenners have edited a number of books celebrating contemporary art, including MIDDLE-EARTH: Visions of a Modern Myth, THE BEST OF GAHAN WILSON and Frank Frazetta's ICON. They live in Overland Park, Kansas.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Underwood Books (December 6, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1599290596
  • ISBN-13: 978-1599290591
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 1.3 x 12 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,674 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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4.7 out of 5 stars
Reason: More of everything...diverse artists, pages, images, larger images too! J. Coursey  |  1 reviewer made a similar statement
I highly recommend this book if you're an art enthusiast. :) Katelyn  |  1 reviewer made a similar statement
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic art January 24, 2012
Format:Hardcover
Length: 1:29 Mins
Volume 18 is another great addition to the series. It's now 304 pages, slightly thicker than Spectrum 17. Available in either hardcover or paperback. Binding is great for a book this thick.

There are close to 500 pieces of art from different type of publications and purposes. Also included are some unpublished ones.

The Grand Master Award recipient is Ralph McQuarrie in this volume. He's the popular Star Wars artists. The winners for the Gold and Silver Awards are Ryohei Hase, Sam Weber, David Palumbo, Dan Dos Santos, Rebecca Guay, Joao Ruas, Kekai Kotaki, Tomasz Jedruszek, David Meng, Akihito, Android Jones, Brom, J.S. Rossbach and Scott Brundage. There are many other prominent and new artists featured.

For the quality of work represented, this book is a tremendous bargain for the money.

(There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great art book! December 28, 2011
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I love this book! normally with spectrum books there only 10 or so pages of art that I really like, and then there is some art that seems repeated or it is just not as special to me, but in spectrum 18 you can find a lot of really good art, page after page we were shocked and very inspired by what we were looking at. Really happy with my purchase!
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but... January 19, 2012
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have all of the SPECTRUM books, and I will continue to buy them in the future. However, this issue of the book, and the last couple have to me fallen off in creativity. I believe the artists themselves are at the top of their form, it's the subject matter I find rather dull, but hey, that's me being subjective.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great line of books
I rated this very high as this whole line of publication, picks the best Contemporary Fantasy Art yearly.

Greatly illustrated. Read more
Published 3 months ago by joanna
5.0 out of 5 stars amazing art
Amazing art delivered in a fantastic book. The hardback copy has good, durable binding, which i think is very important. Detailed end-papers. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Geoffrey A Potter
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiration
This book is great to pour over for hours, dissecting the images and trying to work out how they were done, giving references for artists to pursue further and providing... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jessica
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Art
As usual The book is loaded with the best art for the year it was made for. It is always a pleasure to get the latest copy for my collection. Lots of eye candy.
Published 7 months ago by mooreno
5.0 out of 5 stars By far one of the best!
This is definitely one of the best Spectrum books that have come out!

There is definitely a wide range of art styles and concept art in this book. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Katelyn
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Range
Spectrum 18 is the first of the Spectrum series that I have purchased. I'm presently in the market for fantasy artists, and I figured the Spectrum series would be a good place to... Read more
Published 11 months ago by B. Justin Shier
5.0 out of 5 stars Eye candy!
If you're into seeing current fantasy, surreal, (dark) and/or science-fiction art this series is a must have. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Jephyr
5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy
From the high quality production to the choice of content, there is little criticize with this, or any of the previous editions, of this fine series.
Published 12 months ago by Richard Avent
3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Art that Falls Short on Creativity
This book is beautiful in every sense of the word, but when it comes to the content, I am disappointed to say the least. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Kent
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent fantasy art book. I have them all...
I love the Spectrum Fantasy Art books!
I have them all and have nothing negative to say about them.
#11 thru #18 are particularly awesome in my opinion. Read more
Published 14 months ago by J. Coursey
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