The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms and Beyond (Disney 100 Celebration Edition)

Name: The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms and Beyond (Disney 100 Celebration Edition)
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9781419771415
Price: 155.0 NZD
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By Christopher Finch

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The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms and Beyond offers a comprehensive history and tribute to Walt Disney's career and enduring legacy. Originally published in 1973, this classic illustrated book showcases a wealth of concept art, animation drawings, and archival materials created during the animation process. The Disney 100 Celebration Edition revisits a century of timeless animation, celebrating the magical world Disney has crafted.
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Ideal for enthusiasts of animation history, Disney fans, artists, and those interested in the evolution of film animation and cultural impact of Walt Disney's creations.

Description

Since it was first published in 1973, The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms and Beyond has established itself as an indispensable classic of illustrated book publishing, selling hundreds of thousands of copies.

Offering a comprehensive history and tribute to the career and legacy of Walt Disney, the book was the first to reveal the wealth of concept art, animation drawings, and archival material that is created in the course of animating films.

Now back in print to celebrate Disney 100 Years of Wonder, this groundbreaking work collects a century of timeless animation.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781419771415

Publisher: Abrams

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 November 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Abrams

Illustration: 500 color illustrations

Contributors:

Foreword by Floyd Norman

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 298.0mm

Height: 238.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 504

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About the Author

Christopher Finch was a bestselling art critic and author whose books include The Art of Walt Disney, Norman Rockwell's America, and Jim Henson: The Works. A former associate curator at the Walker Art Center, he wrote widely on American popular culture and the visual arts and published acclaimed monographs on Chuck Close. His landmark history of Disney art has appeared in multiple expanded editions.

Floyd Norman is a Disney Legend and trailblazing animator, writer, and story artist. Hired at Disney in 1956, he contributed to Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Mary Poppins, and The Jungle Book-where Walt Disney personally selected him for the story team. His decades-long career spans Disney, Hanna-Barbera, and Pixar (Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc.). Norman's life in animation is chronicled in the documentary Floyd Norman: An Animated Life.