The Art of Steampunk: Extraordinary Devices and Ingenious Contraptions from the Leading Artists of the Steampunk Movement

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The Art of Steampunk seeks to 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 unique and striking.  

 Inside, you will find the fantastical and stunning artwork of Steampunk artists from around the world.  The 17 artists featured on these pages, among the frontrunners of the Steampunk genre, have had their work displayed at an exhibition at The...

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Overview

The Art of Steampunk seeks to 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 unique and striking.  

 Inside, you will find the fantastical and stunning artwork of Steampunk artists from around the world.  The 17 artists featured on these pages, among the frontrunners of the Steampunk genre, have had their work displayed at an exhibition at The Museum of History of Science at the University of Oxford, UK and have attracted the media attention of BoingBoing, one of the world’s largest blogs.  Their artwork consists of everything from clocks and watches to light fixtures and jewelry, but every piece demonstrates hours of painstaking work and devotion from its creator.  You will find that the artists themselves are just as unique and colorful as their masterpieces.  Fully embracing Steampunk ideology, many have adopted a Victorian alter ego—a mad scientist persona to match the complicated intricacies of their artwork.

    The Art of Steampunk brings the vision of the Steampunk artist alive on the page, providing a unique insight into the captivating and dynamic world of a vastly underground genre.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781565235731
  • Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 8/1/2011
  • Pages: 128
  • Sales rank: 263,177
  • Product dimensions: 7.90 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 0.40 (d)

Meet the Author

Art Donovan is the owner of Donovan Design, a handmade lighting company with clients like Tiffany & Co, Bennetti Luxury Yachts, and Four Seasons Resorts. He also specializes in Steampunk-inspired lighting and artwork, and runs a blog devoted to the subculture at http://artdonovan.typepad.com/blog/. He’s also a regular contributor on The Steampunk Home blog, and was the curator of the Steampunk Exhibition at the Museum of the History of Science at The University of Oxford.

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Table of Contents

Prologue by Art Donovan

1: Amanda Scrivener
2: Art Donovan
3: Cliff Overton “Mad Uncle Cliff”
4: Daniel Proulx
5: Eric Freitas
6: Haruo Suekichi
7: Ian Crichton “Herr Doktor”
8: James Richardson Brown
9: Jesse Newhouse
10: Joey Marsocci “Dr. Grymm”
11: Jos De vink
12: Kris Kuksl
13: Molly “Porkshanks” Friedrich
14: Rich Nagy “Datamancer”
15: Stephane Halleux
16: Tom Banwell
17: Vianney Halter

Glossary/Index

Website Information/Where to find info on Steampunk?

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  • Posted October 25, 2011

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    Amazing Retro-Spaceaged Artworks!

    Steampunk by its very conception was meant to be quirky and odd-placed, not-of-this timeframe; actually, quite disarranged. In this collection of museum-exhibited pieces of steampunkery (if that's even a word)we find a daunting group of work from artists of all minds and capabilities. I found this book both charming and awe-inspiring. I could look at it over and over for ages.

    Art Donovan, the man who coordinated the exhibit and compiled the works in this small book, has a keen eye for the wonders of steampunk and its place in the world of fine art. He comments that, "Steampunk has already influenced everything from product design to fine art and fashion." To which I want to make a resounding clap of hands! Jules Verne would be so amazed and joyful to see what his imagination wrought, and how man has taken it to the next steps and beyond.

    In this book we see the beautiful, clean line and artistic aesthetic of physical scientific materials juxtaposed with natural products
    and man-made materials such as refined leather and rubber. I'm only touching the surface when I give that much description because the clocks, lamps, laptops and other pieces shown in this exhibit will sit you back in your seat, spellbound and gaping.

    This book may answer that question we had as children; why would someone want to be a "Cat Burglar?" Why in this case is because the amazing, inventive gadgets made into works of art are so superior and elegant they are incomparable treasures!

    When you peruse this book, it will take you out of the 21st century and place you someplace else, and you'll want to don brass, iron, leather, jewels, stone, crystals and time-pieces...you'll want to be wound up in a time machine and a steampunk gizmo for a trip. You'll wish you'd been at this amazing display of formidable artists' designs.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted January 25, 2013

    Gorgeous and Interesting

    Absolutely fascinating. Steampunk is just as much an art as a science. Beautiful, beautiful pieces displayed in this book.

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