Dinosaur Art: The World's Greatest Paleoart Hardcover – Illustrated, 28 Sept. 2012

bought as an xmas gift for my son, its a gem of a tome, the print quality is fabulous. a real coffee table piece of work you can revisit and appreciate time and time again

A must for all intelligent people.

Beautiful book :) Stunning pics :) Gorgeous art work :)

I am stunned at the quality of this book for the price. I'd gladly pay £40 or more for something of this solid quality AND in hardcover. The top names in modern palaeoart are involved, with hardly an omission- Csotonyi, Paul, Anton, Henderson, Marshall, Sibbick, Rey, Conway, Nicholls and Martin. WOW! Stunning full page and *multi-page foldout* (I hardly believed this when I saw it) colour images, using methods running the gamut from pencil to digital/composite photographs. Virtually every page explodes with colour, action, imagination and scientific rigour. This is modern, state-of-the-art palaeoart: based on the latest evidence, with some fossils portrayed juat a few years (or less) since discovery. If you're a palaeoart fan already, you'll recognise some recent classics here (but no oldies like Charles Knight) but also there is plenty of new art to keep you happy, or it was new to my eyes anyway. The text is minimal and focuses on the artist and their perspectives on the field/approach to palaeoart.Buy it, treasure it, cuddle it at night... it is just so great! And I think children would appreciate it almost as much as adults, so minimal ownership of 1 copy per family should be made a very strict law-- speak to your local MP please. Except for the prior sentence, there is no hyperbole in my review. This probably is the best palaeoart book I've ever seen, especially at this insane price, which seems like charity. Gorgeous, well presented, top quality stuff. If you've gotten this far in my review without purchasing this book, stop reading and do it!

This is a staggeringly beautiful collection of THE BEST work of almost a dozen artists whose speciality is prehistoric life.And what a range of talents have been brought to bear on this subject!I have rarely seen so many spectacular illustrations of the creatures and places that time has forgotten now brought back to life by the colourful and passionate imaginations of paleoartists in a single book.Bravo.This volume contains glorious illustrations of both the oldest and newest creatures to have been uncovered over the years and each benefits from the individual artists interpretations of just how they would have appeared in their natural environment.There are some wonderfully detailed pencil sketches but the majority of the work displayed here is in the form of great pages filled with colourful illustrations.Some of the foldouts are simply stunning in their detailed authenticity and depth of field,and ,whilst the more photo-realistic work could easily pass as prehistorical digital holiday snaps, there are pictures here that are oil paintings in their own right.The range, techniques and talent displayed here is as wide ranging as their dinosaur subjects.And there are many of them. From pterosaurs to prehistoric mammals ,from Jurassic seascapes and skies to Pleistocene pastures, all the favorite and famous "monsters" are present, along with many of the newly discovered bird raptors from China.This is the best volume I've seen for years.Truly a joy for the eye to behold.

This is a fascinating book, and well worth the purchase price, with one proviso. The quality of the reproductions is excellent, and the art works themselves are wonderful. However, purchasers need to be aware that this is primarily a book about paleoart and artists, not the animals they depict. While there is a certain amount of information about the creatures themselves, the emphasis is firmly on the artists, their techniques, materials and the problems they face in reconstructing ancient creatures from their fossilised remains. This is therefore a book for grownups - if you are tempted to buy it for a dino-mad youngster you might be better to look elsewhere, despite the amazing art works this one contains. On the other hand, if you have a teenaged aspiring artist in the house, or an interest in the crossover between art and science represented in this book, I would say this is a must-read.

Excellent artwork. A truly beautiful book.

What a great combo of art and scientific info. Love it