The Legend of Zelda (Goddess Trilogy #2) - Art & Artifacts

Nintendo

Dark Horse Books

2017

424 páginas

14h 8m

ISBN-10: 1506703356

Make sure to check out the other installments in this unparalleled collection of historical information on The Legend of Zelda franchise with the New York Times best selling The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia and The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia. Also look for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild -- Creating a Champion for an indepth look at the art, lore, and making of the best selling video game!

The Legend of Zelda(TM) Art and Artifacts contains over four hundred pages of fully realized illustrations from the entire thirty-year history of The Legend of Zelda(TM) including artwork from the upcoming The Legend of Zelda(TM) Breath of the Wild! Every masterwork is printed on high-quality paper in an oversized format so you can immerse yourself in the fine details of each piece. This book includes rare promotional pieces, game box art, instruction booklet illustrations, official character illustrations, sprite art, interviews with the artists, and much, much more! The Legend of Zelda(TM) Art and Artifacts collects many of your favorite masterpieces from the storied franchise, as well as rare and never before seen content, presented in one handsome hardcover.

Select artwork from the entirety of the franchise!

A nostalgic look at the past!

An exciting look at the future!

Interviews with some of the artists behind The Legend of Zelda(TM) series!

Resenhas (4)

5 (Perfeito)

This is the second of the "Goddess Trilogy", but was the closing volume in my readings. This mistake proved to be a good thing. This "Art & Artifacts" has a sense of closure not present in the "Encyclopedia".

In addition, the customary interview in the last section deals with the art department, but covering in detail every game. It even has tidbits not present anywhere in the other books. For example, the famous art in the Hylian Shield contains an eagle carrying the Triforce. At the time, it was only because it looked cool, but later came to be associated with the Hylian Crest itself, and eagles, wind, and air became a central theme in The Legend.

It is very interesting to compare the role of concept arts in earlier games with contemporary ones. For the 8-bit era, pixels can convey only so much, so the manuals are loaded with history and concept arts. Basically, they give fuel to the imagination, "THIS is what you're exploring!". Later games can tell the whole history by themselves, but even so art can tell much more.

Independent of the time, the game system, the platform, the team, one thing remains consistent in all those years: they're always innovating, be it adding, removing or changing content. The art style changes, the design changes. But the feeling that you're looking at a Zelda game is always there. It is always present. It really brings a sense of belonging. One of the many things that makes the The Legend of Zelda so unique.