Gustave Doré's fantastic illustration of Orlando Furioso: defeating a sea monster

Fantastic art is an art genre. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Many Anime TV series movies and OAVs fall into the Fantasy genre Fantasy art is a genre of Art that depicts The definition of a fantasy author is somewhat diffuse and a matter of opinion – Jules Verne considered H A number of Fantasy themed Comic books exist For example Elfquest Monster allergy W A fantasy fiction magazine or fantasy magazine is a Magazine which publishes primarily Fantasy fiction. Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes usually involving magic, Supernatural events make-believe creatures or exotic Fantasy worlds Fantasy literature is Fantasy in written form Historically speaking the majority of fantasy works have been literature Fantasy television is a genre of Television featuring elements of the Fantastic, often including magic, Supernatural forces or exotic Fantasy Though the Fantasy genre in its modern sense is less than two centuries old its antecedents have a long and distinguished history Though The Fantasy Genre has spawned many new Subgenres with no clear counterparts in the myths or Folklore upon which the tradition of fantasy storytelling is The Fantastique is a French term for a literary and cinematic genre that overlaps with Science fiction, horror and Fantasy There are many elements that show up throughout the fantasy genre in different guises This article is about the word for other meanings see Quest (disambiguation A quest is a journey towards a goal used in Mythology A magic item is any object that has magical powers inherent in it There are many elements that show up throughout the fantasy genre in different guises A fantasy world is a type of Imaginary world, part of a Fictional universe used in Fantasy novels and games A legendary creature is a mythological or folkloric creature (often known as "fabulous creatures" in historical literature Lovecraftian horror is a sub-genre of horror Fiction which emphasizes the Psychological horror of the unknown (in some cases unknowable over gore or other A magician, wizard, sorcerer or a person known under one of many other possible terms in fiction is someone who uses or practices magic Magic in Fiction is the endowing of Fictional characters or objects with magical powers. Tolkien fandom is an international informal community of fans of the works of J Orlando Furioso ("The Frenzy of Orlando" more literally "Mad Orlando" in Italian furioso is seldom capitalized is an Italian The parameters of fantastic art has been fairly rigourously defined in the scholarship on the subject. It has traditionally been largely confined to painting and illustration, but since the 1970s has increasingly been found also in photography. Fantastic art explores fantasy, imagination, the dream state, the grotesque, visions and the uncanny. When used in conversation grotesque commonly means strange fantastic ugly or bizarre and thus is often used to describe weird shapes and distorted forms such as Halloween With symbolism, it often shares its choice of themes such as mythology, occultism and mysticism, and generally seeks to depict the inner life. The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore" The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine hidden secret referring to "knowledge of the hidden" Mysticism (from the Greek grc μυστικός mystikos, an initiate of a Mystery religion) is the pursuit of communion with identity

Fantasy has been an integral part of art since its beginnings, but has been particularly important in mannerism, magic realist painting, romantic art, symbolism, surrealism and lowbrow. Mannerism is a period of European art which emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. Romanticism is a complex artistic literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe, and gained strength during the Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century Art movement of French and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members In French, the genre is called le fantastique, in English it is sometimes referred to as visionary art, grotesque art or mannerist art. The Fantastique is a French term for a literary and cinematic genre that overlaps with Science fiction, horror and Fantasy Mannerism is a period of European art which emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. It has had a deep and circular interaction with fantasy literature. Fantasy literature is Fantasy in written form Historically speaking the majority of fantasy works have been literature

Historic artists

The first "fantastic" artist is generally said to be Hieronymus Bosch. Hieronymus Bosch ( Dutch, born Jeroen Anthonissen van Aken c 1450 &ndash August 9, 1516) was an Early Netherlandish Other painters who have been labeled fantastic include Brueghel, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Matthias Grünewald, Hans Baldung Grien, Francisco de Goya, Gustave Moreau, Max Magnus Norman, Henry Fuseli, Odilon Redon, Max Klinger, Arnold Böcklin, William Blake, Gustave Doré, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Salvador Dalí, Arik Brauer, Johfra, Odd Nerdrum, and Mati Klarwein. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c 1525 &ndash September 9, 1569) was a Netherlandish Renaissance Giuseppe Arcimboldo (also spelled Arcimboldi; 1527 - July 11 1593) was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative Matthias Grünewald or "Mathis" (as first name "Gothart" or "Neithardt" (as surname (c Hans Baldung known as Hans Baldung Grien/Grün (c 1480 - 1545 Gustave Moreau ( April 6, 1826 &ndash April 18, 1898) was a French Symbolist painter. Cal Henrik Max Magnus Norman (born July 30, 1973) is a Swedish Artist, painter, and sculptor. Henry Fuseli (in German Johann Heinrich Füssli; February 7, 1741 – April 16, 1825) was a British painter Bertrand-Jean Redon, better known as Odilon Redon ( April 20, 1840 &ndash July 6, 1916) was a Symbolist painter and Max Klinger ( February 18, 1857 - July 5, 1920) was a German Symbolist painter, sculptor and Arnold Böcklin ( 16 October 1827 &ndash 16 January 1901) was a Symbolist Swiss painter. William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827 was an English poet, painter, and Printmaker. Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech 1st Marquis of Púbol (May 11 1904 &ndash January 23 1989 was a Spanish Catalan Surrealist Arik Brauer (born 1929 Austrian painter draughtsman printmaker poet dancer singer and stage designer Johannes Franciscus Gijsbertus van den Berg ( 15 December 1919 in Rotterdam - 6 November 1998 in Fleurac) or just Odd Nerdrum (born April 8 1944) in Sweden is a Norwegian figurative painter Abdul Mati Klarwein ( April 9 1932 &ndash March 7 2002) was a painter best known for his works used on the covers of music albums

Contemporary Artists

• Frank Frazetta
• Michael Whelan
• Boris Valejo
• Larry Elmore
• Keith Parkinson
• Luis Royo
• Gerald Brom
• Ernst Fuchs
• De Es Schwertberger
• H.R. Giger
• Peter Gric
• Robert Venosa
• Gio' Myart
• Judson Huss
• Jacek Yerka
• Mark Ryden
• Von Stropp
• Damian Michaels
• Zdzislaw Beksinski
• Antonio Roybal
• Lukasz Banach
• Sean Hopp
• Peter Proksch
• Jørgen Mahler Elbang
• Michèle Vincent
• Anne Sudworth
• Angerer der Ältere
• Oleg_A._Korolev

Further reading

• Coleman, A. Frank Frazetta (born February 9, 1928) is an American fantasy and Science fiction Artist, noted for his Buck Rogers Michael Whelan (born June 29, 1950) is a multiple-award-winning American artist specializing in Science fiction and Fantasy illustration Boris Vallejo (born January 8 1941 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian painter. Larry Elmore (born August 5, 1948 in Louisville Kentucky) is an American Fantasy Artist, known for his work for Keith Parkinson ( October 22 1958 - October 26 2005) was an American Fantasy Artist and Illustrator Luis Royo (born in 1954 in Olalla, Spain) is a Spanish artist known for his darkly sensual paintings of women and mechanical life forms Gerald Brom (born March 9 1965 in Albany Georgia) is an American gothic Fantasy artist and illustrator Ernst Fuchs may refer to Ernst Fuchs (artist, Austrian artist Ernst Fuchs (doctor, Austrian ophthalmologist Ernst Fuchs De Es Schwertberger (born Dieter Schwertberger 1942, Gresten Austria) commonly known simply as De Es (since 1972 is an Austrian Hans Ruedi Giger (ˈɡi ɡɚ (born at Chur, Grisons Canton, February 5, 1940) is an Academy Award -winning Swiss Peter Gric is a Czech painter living in Austria, who is best known for his mysterious abandoned futuristic architectural landscapes Robert Venosa is an American artist living in Boulder Colorado, USA Jacek Yerka (born 1952 is a Polish surreal artist and painter from Toruń. Mark Ryden (b January 20, 1963 in Medford Oregon) is an American impressionist painter. Zdzisław Beksiński ( 24 February 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a renowned Polish painter Antonio Roybal (born October 1, 1976) is an American fine-art painter and Sculptor from Santa Fe, New Mexico Anne Sudworth is a British artist internationally Oleg A Korolev ( born March 2 1968 is Russian artist painter whose work has been exhibited and represented in the private and corporative art collections of Russia Europe North D. (1977). The Grotesque in Photography. New York: Summit, Ridge Press.
• Watney, Simon (1977). Fantastic Painters. London: Thames & Hudson.
• Colombo, Attilio (1979). Fantastic Photographs. London: Gordon Fraser.
• Johnson, Diana L. (1979). Fantastic illustration and design in Britain, 1850-1930. Rhode Island School of Design.
• Krichbaum, Jorg & Zondergeld. R. A. (Eds. ) (1985). Dictionary of Fantastic Art. Barron's Educational Series.
• Menton, Seymour (1983). Magic Realism Rediscovered 1918-1981. Philadelphia, The Art Alliance Press.
• Day, Holliday T. & Sturges, Hollister (1989). Art of the Fantastic: Latin America, 1920-1987. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art.
• Clair, Jean (1995). Lost Paradise: Symbolist Europe. Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
• Palumbo, Donald (Ed. ) (1986). Eros in the Mind's Eye: Sexuality and the Fantastic in Art and Film (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy). Greenwood Press.
• Stathatos, John (2001). A Vindication of Tlon: Photography and the Fantastic. Greece: Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
• Schurian, Prof. Dr. Walter (2005). Fantastic Art. Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8228-2954-7 (English edition)
• beinArt collective (2007). Metamorphosis. beinArt. ISBN 978-0-9803231-0-8

See also

• Fantasy art
• Dream art
• Surrealism
• Neosurrealism
• Fantastic Art Centre
• Society for the Art of Imagination