Waterstones The Art of Harry Potter
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Price: £49.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: Since the debut of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the Harry Potter film franchise has become one of the most popular and successful in the world. Beautifully crafted and presented in a deluxe, large-format with lavish production values, these pages present a visual chronicle of the work by artists and filmmakers to bring the wizarding world to life onscreen. Bursting with hundreds of rare and unpublished works of art, including production paintings, concept sketches, storyboards, blueprints, and more, this collectible book is the definitive tome on the visual legacy of the Harry Potter films. Fans will recognise beloved characters, creatures, locations, and more as they embark on a journey through the wizarding world, from Gringotts to the Quidditch pitch. Waterstones The Art of Harry Potter - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781785657399
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ISBN: 9781785657399
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Author: Mr. Andre Peter Willey
Rating: 5
Review: A beautiful traditional styled 'coffee table' book, printed on high quality paper, providing a great insight into the graphic design process of all eight Harry potter films (not the Fantastic Beasts series, as there are separate books for that such asThe Art of the Film: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ). It includes not only hundreds of pieces of stunning pre-production artwork - which are wonderful in themselves - but also sections for things like maps, set construction blueprints, and the MinaLima graphical elements from the Wizarding World such as 'Wanted' posters, product labels, wizard book covers, etc. Don't expect a lot of textual content though, most of the wording is simply to caption the gorgeous artwork, which is of course what the book is designed to showcase. The only negative point is that although this is a British edition of the book, from UK company Titan Books, about a British series of films, and largely British artists, the wording from the American author/editor continually refers to the first book and film by the American dumbed-down title of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" instead of the original "Philosopher's Stone". The correct original title is used in the blurb on the back-cover insert sheet and other promotional material such as the Amazon product note though. A minor point I know, but still irritating in an otherwise pretty-much flawless book. Incidentally, some of the original artwork from this book is on display at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London, The Making of Harry Potter - along with so much more original material such as sets, costumes, props, models, etc. Well worth a visit if you can get there.
Author: Zag
Rating: 4
Review: I got this as our nine year old is into Harry Potter and likes the first two of the illustrated editions of the novels and the first three of the films. As this has art that covers all of the films I thought it would help scratch the Harry Potter itch until he is old enough to enjoy the more adult, darker further adventures. It is a stunning book with lovely glossy pages, some fold out sections and a wide range of sketches and paintings. Our nine old loves looking at it and trying to predict how the art fits into the stories and adventures. it is really aimed at the grown up fans to appreciate as some of the film art is very much aimed at someone who has fully absorbed the world e.g. tiny details on newspaper articles. Impressive!
