Masterpieces of Fantasy Art. 40th Ed. av Dian Hanson

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<p><strong>Fantasy art</strong>, that colorful blend of myth, muscle and sexy maidens, took off in 1923 with the launch of <em>Weird Tales</em> magazine, was reinvigorated in the 1960s with <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>, <em>Conan the Barbarian</em> paperbacks with <strong>Frank Frazetta </strong>covers, and the late ¿60s emergence of fantasy psychedelia. It went big in the ¿70s with the role-playing game <em>Dungeons & Dragons</em>, the brilliant French magazine <em>M¿l Hurlant</em>, and the first <em>Star Wars</em> film. The number of active artists peaked in that decade, but a new generation of fans discovered the genre through fantasy trading card games in the ¿90s, leading to a massive interest in the art form today.<br><br>Frank Frazetta¿s oil paintings¿when they infrequently come to market¿have sold for more than $ 5 million in recent years. Fans line up at Comic-Cons to meet <strong>Boris Vallejo</strong>, <strong>Rodney Matthews</strong>, <strong>Greg Hildebrandt</strong>, <s