(Part 2) Top products from r/SpecArt
We found 10 product mentions on r/SpecArt. We ranked the 30 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
21. John Berkey : painted space
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Painted Space is nicely put together, with large colour reproductions of many Berkey paintings.Just flipping through this book not only brings back pleasant memories of the films but also gives you the pleasure of seeing a true artist with an eye for the dramatic.A must for all Sci Fi fans.The text ...
Show Reddit reviews22. Spacecraft, 2000-2100 A.D.: Terran Trade Authority Handbook
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Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
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24. The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide
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Number of reviews: 1
Chronicle Books CA
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26. Adam's Tongue: How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans
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Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews27. Chaosbound: The Eighth Book of the Runelords
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There's a great series of 4 coffee table books from the 70s (amazon: Terran Trade Authority) that wove a history of human space colonization around a collection of previously published sci-fi book cover art... every book in the series is a must-have for any who's serious about the genre. They're nice hardcover books full of old school sci-fi art, and you can see the direct lineage of styles that have become standard modern digital/Deviant art.
Example:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0890092117
Edit: the four titles:
Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD
Great Space Battles
Spacewreck (ghostships and derelects of space)
Starliners
This is awesome! Reminds me of The Wildlife of Star Wars
Reminds me of a science fiction book I bought titled The Bright Companion. I haven't read it yet, but it pertains to a young woman traveling through a post apocolyptic world.
This image was used in the cover for "Chaosbound", Book 8 of the Runelords series by David Farland.
Indeed!
In his book Painted Space on page 48-49 the description of this painting is:
Spinning A Yarn
1980, Casein and Acrylic, 28" x 19"
"Part of an imaginary series done for advertisements, this painting illustrates the twelve secret manufacturing processes used by Martin Processing in dying yarn. Four paintings were done showing different divisions of the company; all related to space and all pure fantasy."
Well, it's not my phrase. That's what the study of the origins of language is referred to as in Linguistic literature. It's actually somewhat confusing, because "the evolution of language" refers to how language originated both as a social structure and as a biological feature of humans, while "language evolution" refers to the processes by which established languages change over time (ie, Old English becoming Middle English becoming Modern English).
Also, there are many researchers who would argue that language is a special case of meaning—that is, without language there is no meaning, and structure preceded semantics. Particularly, Deacon, Bickerton, and Torey all express this idea in different ways. I'm partial to this point of view myself.
I'm not positive, but I suspect it's a passage from the novel that this was painted for:
The Ultimate Enemy https://www.amazon.com/dp/0441843158/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_hfYUub1ZPWWPA
I got a whole bundle of Ralph McQuarrie concept art "mini poster" things a long time ago, and it included this. I still have it in a couple boxes of Star Wars stuff in the garage.
Ok, took a few minutes to find it. This is what I have, somewhere; it's called the "Star Wars Portfolio by Ralph McQuarrie": http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345273826/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=borgcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0345273826