Fantasy Worlds

by Taschen (Editor)

Hardcover, 1999

Status

Available

Call number

NA595

Genres

Publication

TASCHEN (1999), Edition: 1st Edition, 340 pages

Description

Cheval's palace is one of many works of architectural fantasy in this book, the result of over 20 years' research by architectural photographer Deidi von Schaewen. Like Cheval, the creators of these extraordinary worlds simply started building, with no rules to guide them and, in most cases, no previous artistic experience.

User reviews

LibraryThing member PuddinTame

This book offers views and history for 62 "fantasy worlds", that is large, elaborate constructions, generally built single-handedly by designers. The text is in English, French and German. The book has at least two pages, and sometimes more, of color photographs for each site. In addition, there is

a list of other sites open to the public, as well as museums of "outsider" art (such as our own American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore). The book strikes a nice balance between including a lot of different sites and giving enough details about each one to appreciate it. A fabulous book about fantasies.

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