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The Art of Michael Whelan Hardcover – October 1, 1993
- Print length200 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBantam
- Publication dateOctober 1, 1993
- Dimensions11.75 x 1.25 x 11.5 inches
- ISBN-100553074474
- ISBN-13978-0553074475
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- Publisher : Bantam; First Edition (October 1, 1993)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 200 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0553074474
- ISBN-13 : 978-0553074475
- Item Weight : 4.15 pounds
- Dimensions : 11.75 x 1.25 x 11.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #515,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,355 in Art History (Books)
- Customer Reviews:
About the author

Michael Whelan has been one of the world's premier fantasy and science fiction artists. He is currently working full time on his fine art paintings, but in the past three decades he has created more than 350 book and album covers for authors and artists like Isaac Asimov, Anne McCaffrey, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen King, the Jacksons, Sepultura, and MeatLoaf. His clients have included every major U.S. book publisher in addition to such diverse companies as National Geographic, Roadrunner Records, and The Franklin Mint.
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As for the art, it's mostly a selection of the paintings that had already been published on the two books mentioned above with some new additions.
SPECIFICS:
Page Count: 201
Number of images: 142
Small images: 63
Half page images: 11
Full page images: 62
2-page spreads: 6
BW images: 45
TEXT:
Acknowledgements: 1 page
Preface: 1 page
Profile: 2 pages
Interview with Anne McCaffrey about his early life: 7 pages
Interview with Terry Booth about his work: 10 pages
Interview with David Cherry about materials and methods: 11 pages
The 62 full page paintings on the right-hand pages have each a small paragraph on the opposite page
Appendix with: title, year, real size and medium used for the works displayed
ART:
18 images: 5 stars
42 images: 4 stars
70 images: 3 stars
12 images: 2 stars
0 images: 1 star
Overall: 3,5 Stars
Note: sketches and other versions of the finished paintings were left out of the rating.









