The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms and Beyond: Disney 100 Celebration Edition - Hardcover
by Christopher Finch (Author), Various Various Artists (Illustrator), Floyd Norman (Foreword by)
The bestselling classic celebrating animation legend Walt Disney by author and photographer Christopher Finch--revised and updated to celebrate Disney 100 Years of Wonder
This gorgeous, updated collector's edition makes a great gift for the Disney fan in your life. A handsome addition to any shelf, perfect for displaying and paging through repeatedly.
Offering a comprehensive history and tribute to the career and legacy of Walt Disney, the book was the first to reveal the wealth of concept art, animation drawings, and archival material that is created in the course of animating films.
Since it was first published in 1973, The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms and Beyond has established itself as an indispensable classic of illustrated book publishing, selling hundreds of thousands of copies.
Now back in print to celebrate Disney 100 Years of Wonder, this groundbreaking work collects a century of timeless animation.
- Foreword by legendary Disney animator Floyd Norman (Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Mary Poppins, and The Jungle Book)
- Presented for the first time in a deluxe foil slipcase and cloth binding with foil stamping
- Unparalleled access to the creative process behind beloved films and attractions, featuring hundreds of rare concept drawings, animation cels, and archival photographs
- An inside look at the artistic innovation, from Snow White and Mary Poppins
- A touchstone collector's edition
Author Biography
Christopher Finch was a bestselling art critic and author whose books include The Art of Walt Disney, Norman Rockwell's America, and Jim Henson: The Works. A former associate curator at the Walker Art Center, he wrote widely on American popular culture and the visual arts and published acclaimed monographs on Chuck Close. His landmark history of Disney art has appeared in multiple expanded editions. Floyd Norman is a Disney Legend and trailblazing animator, writer, and story artist. Hired at Disney in 1956, he contributed to Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Mary Poppins, and The Jungle Book--where Walt Disney personally selected him for the story team. His decades-long career spans Disney, Hanna-Barbera, and Pixar (Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc.). Norman's life in animation is chronicled in the documentary Floyd Norman: An Animated Life.