And as a tale of high adventure and discovery told as entries and sketches in journal form-form, Dinotopia presents a shipwrecked visitor's glimpse into an imagined social order, a culture, and even a cooperative interspecies technology that will satisfy lovers of fantasy and science fiction of all persuasions.This edition includes a new Foreword written by author James Gurney as well as a special section of behind-the-scenes studies and maquettes he used in developing his paintings. Dinotopia appeals to both adults and children and was the inspiration for the 2002. Gurney is the author and illustrator of Dinotopia, an illustrated book series that tells the story of an island where humans and sentient dinosaurs live together in harmony. I have all three of the Dover anniversary editions of the Dinotopia books. DINOTOPIA: Art, Science, and Imagination showcases the original artwork of James Gurney.

Digitally re-rendered from the original transparencies, Gurney's dramatic panoramas of Dinotopia and close-up character studies of its inhabitants - both human and saurian - take on new vitality. Art Nouveau, Neo Greek, Romanesq, a fanciful version of Neo Victorian. Gurney's premise - of an undiscovered island where a race of mystical humans co-exists in harmony with intelligent dinosaurs - has been since reiterated over and over in numerous films and by scores of other writers.Now, Calla Editions brings Gurney's spectacular artistry to a new generation in this 20th anniversary edition. When James Gurney's Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time first appeared in 1992, it was immediately hailed as a fully imagined world of the caliber of J. Labyrinth: Bestiary: A Definitive Guide to the Creatures of the Goblin Kings The Art of Elfquest Line of Beauty: The Art of Wendy Pini Dinotopia.

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