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Trolls: Paintings and Portraits

Trolls: Paintings and Portraits - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Brian Froud, Wendy FroudPublish date:2012-09-01Pages:144
Language:EnglishPublisher:Abrams BooksISBN-13:9781419704383ISBN-10:1419704389UPC:9781419704383Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:FantasyBook Topic:Dragons & Mythical Creatures, Epic, HumorousAward:2013 Locus Awards Nominee - Art Book AwardSize:13.00 x 11.30 x 0.80 inchesWeight:3.4524Product ID:SCHBH66FPH

Not since his conceptual design work with Jim Henson on the classic films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth has New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Brian Froud created a faerie world with such imagination, dimension, depth, and detail as in Trolls.

Trolls features new and classic work by both Brian and Wendy Froud woven together with artifacts and symbols of the natural world to create a fascinating revelation about the world of trolls. The book explores trolls and troll culture, revealing their philosophies, their home life, and their world attitudes through their tales, mythology, and archaeology.

Froud writes in his introduction, "Who sleeps under the silent hill and what huddles in the dank darkness under the bridge? In short, what sort of invisible spirits inhabit our visible world and what do they look like? My paintings of trolls answer some of these questions. . . . The last conversation Jim Henson and I had before his death was about collaborating on another film. It was to be about trolls. This book is, in essence, the film we never got to make."

The artwork here features Froud's sketches and full-color paintings of trolls in their native habitats. It also seamlessly blends in Wendy Froud's astonishing three-dimensional figures to tell stories within stories. Together they tell the story of a troll child who is on a quest to gather tales "for the asking, the giving, and the keeping." Along the way, you will be told the tales of "The Troll Bride," "The Tale of Feathers: The Bad Troll," and "The Tale of Stone: The Pride of Anhold Honeybag."

Trolls affirms that trolls are real, that they have lived and are living now. The texture of the world and the deeply immersive, cinematic images will appeal to the legions of fantasy--and Froud--fans. This book is not only a celebration of fantastical art but also a celebration of the power of stories.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Abrams BooksISBN-13:9781419704383ISBN-10:1419704389UPC:9781419704383Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:FantasyBook Topic:Dragons & Mythical Creatures, Epic, HumorousAward:2013 Locus Awards Nominee - Art Book AwardSize:13.00 x 11.30 x 0.80 inchesWeight:3.4524Product ID:SCHBH66FPH

Brian Froud has created some of the most respected and highly acknowledged mythic artwork of our time. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Original Artwork.

Wendy Froud is an American (born in Detroit) who is a doll artist, sculptor, and puppetmaker, best known for her work creating creatures for the Jim Henson films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, as well as her work on the Star Wars series, for which she was the fabricator of Yoda.

The Frouds live in Devon, England.
Publisher: Abrams Books

Awards

🏆 2013 Locus Awards Nominee - Art Book Award

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