The Art of Discworld
2004 book by Terry Pratchett
First edition | |
Author | Terry Pratchett |
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Cover artist | Paul Kidby |
Language | English |
Series | Discworld 2nd art book |
Subject | Illustrations of various Discworld characters Pastiches of famous paintings
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Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd |
Publication date | 2004 |
ISBN | 0-575-07511-2 |
The Art of Discworld is a descriptive book of the world of the Discworld as portrayed in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. It showcases the art of Paul Kidby with descriptions of characters and locations by Pratchett and some details of the development of the art by Kidby himself.
The book details most major lead characters from the Discworld books and gives them background information, including how Pratchett visualises them and the inspiration behind them.
The cover shows the Mona Ogg, a fictional famous painting by the character Leonard of Quirm, which is a parody of the Mona Lisa based on Nanny Ogg.
External links
- The Art of Discworld title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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Terry Pratchett's Discworld
- The Colour of Magic
- The Light Fantastic
- Equal Rites
- Mort
- Sourcery
- Wyrd Sisters
- Pyramids
- Guards! Guards!
- Eric
- Moving Pictures
- Reaper Man
- Witches Abroad
- Small Gods
- Lords and Ladies
- Men at Arms
- Soul Music
- Interesting Times
- Maskerade
- Feet of Clay
- Hogfather
- Jingo
- The Last Continent
- Carpe Jugulum
- The Fifth Elephant
- The Truth
- Thief of Time
- The Last Hero
- The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
- Night Watch
- The Wee Free Men
- Monstrous Regiment
- A Hat Full of Sky
- Going Postal
- Thud!
- Wintersmith
- Making Money
- Unseen Academicals
- I Shall Wear Midnight
- Snuff
- Raising Steam
- The Shepherd's Crown
- "Troll Bridge"
- "Theatre of Cruelty"
- "The Sea and Little Fishes"
- "Death and What Comes Next"
- "A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices"
- A Blink of the Screen
- The Discworld Companion
- The Science of Discworld
- The Science of Discworld II: The Globe
- The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch
- The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day
- The Pratchett Portfolio
- The Art of Discworld
- The Unseen University Challenge
- The Wyrdest Link
- The Streets of Ankh-Morpork
- The Discworld Mapp
- A Tourist Guide to Lancre
- Death's Domain
- Nanny Ogg's Cookbook
- The Discworld Almanak
- Where's My Cow?
- The Unseen University Cut Out Book
- The Discworld Diaries
- Once More* with Footnotes
- The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld
- The Folklore of Discworld
- The World of Poo
- Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch
- The Colour of Magic
- Discworld MUD
- Discworld
- Discworld II
- GURPS Discworld
- Discworld Noir
- Discworld: Ankh-Morpork
- Soul Music
- Wyrd Sisters
- Hogfather
- The Colour of Magic
- Going Postal
- The Watch
- The Amazing Maurice
- Dwarfs
- Nac Mac Feegle
- Discworld
- Ankh-Morpork
- City Watch
- Unseen University
- The Witches