Full Description
Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection features artwork by pioneering artists from over 160 years of published works of science fiction and fantasy. The illustrations in the collection appeared on the covers of timeless novels such as the Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs and classic pulp magazines from the 1930s through 1960s, such as Amazing Stories and Weird Tales. They accompany images of mischievous satyrs, ethereal mermaids, and spell-casting witches for texts ranging from The Tempest, Don Quixote, and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to works by Edgar Allan Poe and H. G. Wells. Alongside essays about famous illustrators such as Arthur Rackham and Aubrey Beardsley, contributors engage in a critical reassessment of understudied artists such as José Segrelles, Wladyslaw Benda, Margaret Brundage, and Hannes Bok. The book includes a foreword by Guillermo del Toro, a preface by Kevin J. Anderson, an introduction by Michael Dirda, and an interview with renowned contemporary illustration artist Michael Whelan.
Contents
Guillermo Del Toro, Foreword: A Cabinet that Holds the World
Kevin J. Anderson, Preface
Michael Dirda, Introduction to the Korshak Collection
Stephen D. Korshak, The Korshak Collection of Illustrations of Imaginative Literature: A Collector's Journey
Stephen D. Korshak, Shasta Publishers
David M. Brinley, The Korshaks: A Legacy of Influence
Margaret D. Stetz, Aubrey Beardsley: The Illustrator Who Would Not "Illustrate"
Ashley Rye-Kopec, "A Hint and an Opportunity": Goblins, Fairies, and Mysterious Creatures in Arthur Rackham's The Sleep of Rip Van Winkle
Amanda T. Zehnder, The Blue of Deep Water and the Blue of a Winter Night's Sky: The Poetry of Word and Image in the Art of Edmund Dulac
Rachael Kane, Knights of Old: Władysław Benda's Skeletal Hussars
Lauren Stump, JosÉ Segrelles: The Spanish Master of Mystical and Fantastical Illustration
Lisa Yaszek, Margaret (Johnson) Brundage: First Woman of Fantasy Art
David M. Brinley, Unveiling the Enigmatic Genius of Hannes Bok
David M. Brinley, Interview with Michael R. Whelan
Gary K. Wolfe, Afterword: A Dialogue of Things Unseen
Illustrated Checklist of the Full Korshak Collection
Contributors
