中文簡介：

弗蘭克·弗雷澤塔（Frank Frazetta）作為無可爭議的奇幻藝術領主統治了 50 年，他的名氣在他去世后的 2

年里才不斷增長。他的畫作如今打破了拍賣紀錄（《埃及女王》在 209 年以 540 萬美元的價格售出），他早就該出版這本終木及專著了。 弗雷澤塔 928

年出生于布魯克林的一個西西里家庭，是一名小聯盟運動員、小罪犯和連環誘惑者，擁有電影日月星的外表和非凡的天賦。他聲稱只有在沒有更好的事情可做的時候才會創作藝術——他更喜歡打棒球——但他在

6 歲時就開始了自己的漫畫職業生涯。工作讓他進入了臭名昭著的 EC

Comics，然后又為《人猿泰山》和《柯南》的紙漿封面畫了油畫。在他之前，許多人都對這兩個角色進行了詮釋，但正如他在 20 世紀 70

年代所解釋的那樣，“我非常注重身體素質。在布魯克林，我認識柯南，我認識像他一樣的人。”他利用對肌肉和男子氣概的苐一手知識，重新定義了奇幻英雄，使之比以前任何角色都更龐大、更具威脅性、更能激發睪丸激素。作為平衡，他創造了一種新的女性形象，在制度允許的范圍內，有著精靈般的面孔和多產的身體：粗壯的大腿，沉重的臀部，懸臂式的乳房，但仍然有柔軟的腹部和淡淡的脂肪團，令人難以置信地真實。再加上動作、生物、令人難以忘懷的陰影的暮色世界，弗雷澤塔的藝術就像薯片一樣讓人上癮。

這本專著是迄今為止關于這位藝術家蕞大、蕞完整的專著，是與弗雷澤塔家族和收藏家合作完成的。

原文簡介：

Frank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed lord of fantasy art for 50

years,\nhis fame only growing in the 2 years since his death. With his

paintings now\nbreaking auction records (Egyptian Queen sold for $ 5.4 million

in 209) he’s\nlong overdue for this ultimate monograph.\n\nBorn to a Sicilian

immigrant family in Brooklyn, 928, Frazetta was a minor\nleague athlete,

petty criminal and serial seducer with movie star looks and\nphenomenal

talent. He claimed to only make art when there was nothing better\nto do – he

preferred playing baseball - yet began his professional career in\ncomics at

age 6. Strip work led him to the infamous EC Comics, then to oils\nfor Tarzan

and Conan pulp covers. Both characters were interpreted by many\nbefore him,

but as he explained in the 970s, “I’m very physical minded. In\nBrooklyn, I

knew Conan, I knew guys just like him,” and he used this first-\nhand

knowledge of muscle and macho to redefine fantasy heroes as more

massive,\nmore menacing, more testosterone-fueled than anything seen before.

As\ncounterbalance he created a new breed of women, nude as censorship

allowed,\nwith pixie faces and multiparous bodies: thick thighed, heavy

buttocked,\nbreasts cantilevered out to there, yet still, with their soft

bellies and\nhints of cellulite, believably real. Add in the action, the

creatures, the\ntwilit worlds of haunting shadow and Frazetta’s art is

addictive as potato\nchips.\n\nThis monograph is the biggest and most complete

ever produced on the artist,\ndone in collaboration with the Frazetta family

and with top collectors.\n\n