Women [Paperback]

Luis Royo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2003

An artist of the spectacular. Each collection sparkles with pieces seen on book covers from around the world. Fantasy, science fiction, eroticism, etc... Royo has devised a special personal mix of media that makes his work so uncannily real, so beguilingly engaging as to make him a best-selling star.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156163171X
• ISBN-13: 978-1561631711
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,553,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, December 20, 2004

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Architect - See all my reviews

This review is from: Women (Paperback)

I'm just discovering Royo, and have ordered half a dozen of his books over the past month. Next to Conceptions 1, Women was the most disappointing in the set - there were only 3 or 4 images I liked in the entire volume. The book mostly contains images that look like seventies sci-fiction paperback cover art. I wouldn't have guessed Royo was the artist, particularly when I look at some of his more astonishing pieces from recent years. If you're new to Royo, get Secrets, Malefic, Visions and III Millenium instead - they're absolutely spectacular, and better illustrate (no pun intended :-) why Royo has earned such a loyal following.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A waste of great pieces of work in such a small size., September 25, 2009

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Carlos Severino (Lisbon, Portugal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Women (Paperback)

SPECIFICS:
Page Count: 80
Number of images: 114
Small images: 77
Half page images: 10
Full page images: 23
2-page spreads: 4
BW images: 7

TEXT:
3 page introduction
2 page foreword
Small paragraphs about the chapter's topic throughout the book
Title and year of each painting

ART:
12 images: 5 stars
46 images: 4 stars
41 images: 3 stars
12 images: 2 stars
3 images: 1 star

Overall: 3,5 stars

8 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Erotic beyond comparison..., July 30, 2000

By 

Peter Vinton Jr. (Not near Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Women (Paperback)

Royo's work no longer needs any justification except itself. Whether or not you're a fan of the (mostly) second-rate science-fiction Royo lands the commissions for, there is no denying the power and the scope of these illustrations. In reading Royo's liner notes, you get the distinct impression he no longer cares whether or not you find hidden meaning or anything transcendental in his artistry... you're simply presented with a stark "Hey, you like my work or not?" After a journey through this collection, there's no way you could answer with anything other than "Yes!"