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Celebrate the world of Steampunk: a world filled with beauty and innovation. A world in which steam power and technology intertwine to create machines that are not only functional and practical, but also unique and striking. "The Art of Steampunk" celebrates the vision of Steampunk artists from around the world, providing a unique insight into the captivating and dynamic world of a vastly underground genre. The 17 artists featured have had their work displayed in an exhibition at The Museum of History of Science at the University of Oxford and their artwork consists of everything from clocks and watches to light fixtures and jewellery and every piece demonstrates hours of painstaking work and devotion from its creator. In most cases, the artists themselves are just as unique and colourful as their masterpieces. Those fully embracing the Steampunk ideology have adopted a Victorian alter ego - mad scientists and world explorers - to match the complicated intricacies of their artwork.
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Art Donovan is himself a Steampunk artist and was the Curator of the 2010 Steampunk exhibition at The Museum of History of Science at the University of Oxford.
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Verdict? A must for the avid steampunker.
2011/8/5
形式:ペーパーバック
I received a copy of this book as a courtesy from the team at Fox Chapel after running into them at BEA2011 this past month in my professional capacity as an editor at Scholastic. I'm not sure they knew I was also a book blogger, but this one was too exciting not to talk about.
A fan of steampunk literature, I was immediately intrigued by the content. So used to building the worlds in my head, coupled together from snippets I've seen of Victorian technology and fashion, tidbits of old Jules Verne and the more recent Wild Wild West (1999) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) films, I was psyched about seeing some of the world come to real, hard life. After all, imagination has its limits. What better way to flesh it out than with photographs?
And, in The Art of Steampunk, the steampunk world really does take full form. Inside are well over 100 full color photos of some of the most intricate and finely crafted oddities you'll ever see. From Eric Freitas' exquisite and ethereal clocks, to Kris Kuksi's detailed warships--oh, and don't miss Richard Nagy's fully-functioning brass, leather, and copper laptops--the 17 artists showcased here have really populated the world of idea with extraordinary reality. Their pieces, all exhibited at Oxford University's Museum of the History of Science 2009-10 Steampunk show (curator, Art Donovan), will make you catch your breath. The intricate delicacy, brassy trim work, and tongue-in-cheek aplomb continually snagged me between the urgent desire to linger and the giddy itch to flip to the next discovery. Truly, whether chuckling or scrutinizing, you can't help but marvel at the all-around genius of their painstaking handiwork.
The only flaw I saw in the book was its overemphasis on preserving the details of the Oxford exhibition, which I fear may give shelf-browsers the impression that it's more a commemorative booklet of the event than a printed showcase of the art. However, as redundant as the forward, introduction, and introductory essay become by page 33, the front matter does contain some truly enlightening information about steampunk subculture and its art that explicate in enough detail to enlighten both newcomers and die-hard fans alike.
Verdict? A must for the avid steampunker.
(This review originally published at [...])
A fan of steampunk literature, I was immediately intrigued by the content. So used to building the worlds in my head, coupled together from snippets I've seen of Victorian technology and fashion, tidbits of old Jules Verne and the more recent Wild Wild West (1999) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) films, I was psyched about seeing some of the world come to real, hard life. After all, imagination has its limits. What better way to flesh it out than with photographs?
And, in The Art of Steampunk, the steampunk world really does take full form. Inside are well over 100 full color photos of some of the most intricate and finely crafted oddities you'll ever see. From Eric Freitas' exquisite and ethereal clocks, to Kris Kuksi's detailed warships--oh, and don't miss Richard Nagy's fully-functioning brass, leather, and copper laptops--the 17 artists showcased here have really populated the world of idea with extraordinary reality. Their pieces, all exhibited at Oxford University's Museum of the History of Science 2009-10 Steampunk show (curator, Art Donovan), will make you catch your breath. The intricate delicacy, brassy trim work, and tongue-in-cheek aplomb continually snagged me between the urgent desire to linger and the giddy itch to flip to the next discovery. Truly, whether chuckling or scrutinizing, you can't help but marvel at the all-around genius of their painstaking handiwork.
The only flaw I saw in the book was its overemphasis on preserving the details of the Oxford exhibition, which I fear may give shelf-browsers the impression that it's more a commemorative booklet of the event than a printed showcase of the art. However, as redundant as the forward, introduction, and introductory essay become by page 33, the front matter does contain some truly enlightening information about steampunk subculture and its art that explicate in enough detail to enlighten both newcomers and die-hard fans alike.
Verdict? A must for the avid steampunker.
(This review originally published at [...])
7 人中、6人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Beautiful work of art
2011/7/28
形式:ペーパーバック
Review is based on an electronic viewing
Overall
A beautiful introduction to the world of steampunk, with nice art, limited text and good, basic information. While not ideal for someone already deeply in the world of steampunk, this book will definitely give some ideas to the beginning dabbler, as well as explain some of the history and concepts behind streampunk. A visually appealing work, this definitely would be worth having sitting on the coffee table. If nothing else, it will strike up conversation.
Strengths
Beautiful. There is some truly beautiful art represented on these pages, ranging from clothing to tools to just works of art (although they are all art in their own way).
Ideas. While this book primarily provides ideas of what steampunk culture is, it also is a nice look at different elements of the culture for those already involved, possibly offering fresh ideas for people who want to try something a little different with their own steampunk style.
Minimal words. While there are captions, descriptions, and some cute stories, as well as some background to both steampunk and the exhibition which this book represents, for the most part the art is left to speak for itself, letting the beauty stand on its own without being bogged down by unnecessary information.
Weaknesses
Not necessarily a weakness, but this is definitely angled for people just getting into steampunk, or it's meant to educate and draw people into the fold. While the perks definitely outnumber the drawbacks, aside from purely aesthetic reasons to get this, hardcore steampunk people may not get as much out of it.
I requested a review copy of this book.
Overall
A beautiful introduction to the world of steampunk, with nice art, limited text and good, basic information. While not ideal for someone already deeply in the world of steampunk, this book will definitely give some ideas to the beginning dabbler, as well as explain some of the history and concepts behind streampunk. A visually appealing work, this definitely would be worth having sitting on the coffee table. If nothing else, it will strike up conversation.
Strengths
Beautiful. There is some truly beautiful art represented on these pages, ranging from clothing to tools to just works of art (although they are all art in their own way).
Ideas. While this book primarily provides ideas of what steampunk culture is, it also is a nice look at different elements of the culture for those already involved, possibly offering fresh ideas for people who want to try something a little different with their own steampunk style.
Minimal words. While there are captions, descriptions, and some cute stories, as well as some background to both steampunk and the exhibition which this book represents, for the most part the art is left to speak for itself, letting the beauty stand on its own without being bogged down by unnecessary information.
Weaknesses
Not necessarily a weakness, but this is definitely angled for people just getting into steampunk, or it's meant to educate and draw people into the fold. While the perks definitely outnumber the drawbacks, aside from purely aesthetic reasons to get this, hardcore steampunk people may not get as much out of it.
I requested a review copy of this book.
3 人中、3人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
A new retro art movement, taken seriously for a change
2011/7/27
形式:ペーパーバック|Amazonが確認した購入
It's a quite comprehensive sampling of the genre, I thought - well-produced, with excellent photography and a cohesive look to it. While I haven't yet had a chance to read the whole thing, several artists' works stood out from a generally distinguished field. I particularly enjoyed Tom Banwell's variations on the gas mask, Thomas Willeford's ornithopter and articulated arachniform, and Ian Chrichton's vessel for traversing the "Aether between worlds". I also appreciated the fact that Art Donovan, the curator of the exhibit on which the book was based, also was a participant, with his amazingly fanciful but technically flawless lighting devices filling a previously empty niche in the Steampunk catacombs.
The show took a broad view of what Steampunk includes, perhaps broader in extent than I'd previously considered. From the goggles, gasmasks and repackaged electronics that typify the genre. it broadens the range to include experimental horologists like Eric Fretas and Haruo Suekichi, model engine-builder Jos de Vink, and assemblage sculptor Kris Kuksi. This is a good thing - for a movement based on the exercise of the imagination, it's always good to set out new directions to explore, rather than have it settle into a predictable set of forms, treated in a standard sort of way.
It makes me wonder, though, if there's any plan to keep these exhibitions going, since I'd really like to see some of these things for myself, without having to time-travel back to Oxford circa 2009 in a brass and glass clockwork mechanism of my own construction...
The show took a broad view of what Steampunk includes, perhaps broader in extent than I'd previously considered. From the goggles, gasmasks and repackaged electronics that typify the genre. it broadens the range to include experimental horologists like Eric Fretas and Haruo Suekichi, model engine-builder Jos de Vink, and assemblage sculptor Kris Kuksi. This is a good thing - for a movement based on the exercise of the imagination, it's always good to set out new directions to explore, rather than have it settle into a predictable set of forms, treated in a standard sort of way.
It makes me wonder, though, if there's any plan to keep these exhibitions going, since I'd really like to see some of these things for myself, without having to time-travel back to Oxford circa 2009 in a brass and glass clockwork mechanism of my own construction...
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