The Art of Aardman: The Makers of Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, and More
By Peter Lord and David Sproxton
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a large coffee table style book that takes a brief, though thoroughly engaging look at 200 very different women. By asking them a series of questions, it gets to the heart of what is important to them, and in many cases, what is also important to the reader. This book is beautiful, well photographed, and features a large diverse, multicultural group of women; every reader can find someone to identify with, and to learn from. In a year of a variety of books about groups of women who are rebellious or daring or forgotten, this is the one that stands out to me as the modern reader. These are 200 modern women that we can look up to, ones that are living in the world. While a few may be considered objectionable since this book came out - certainly no one is saint - you don't make history by being passive.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I work in the library at an all women's college and this is just a perfect addition to our collection. I paged through it when it came in and was happy to see a range of representation. I put it right on the new arrivals shelf and it's been attracting a lot of attention. It's so great to see such a range of smart, innovative, creative, and passionate women be highlighted and celebrated.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5"200 Women" features interviews with 200 women, some are famous, others are obscure. But each one has accomplished significant works. They have diverse backgrounds and achievements - actors, scientists, researchers, social justice activists, survivors, writers, at least one US Supreme Court Justice (Go RBG!!!) and much more. Each one has a distinct voice and point of view. If you want to know what smart women are thinking and doing, read this book. The features each women's response to five questions:-What really matters to you?-What brings you happiness?-What do you regards as the lowest depth of misery?-What would you change if you could?-Which single word do you most identify with?The format draws this reader in through the elegant layout. It devotes 1 or 2 pages of text to each subject and feature a full page photograph of each. The photos are not standard head shots, the photographer has managed to bring out something unique in each woman's face, body and stance. The endpapers show 200 slips of paper with each person's single word, signature and date. That feels so personal and intimate. I received an advance copy of "200 Women" and find myself reading a few pages every day for insight and inspiration.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I received a copy of 200 Women through the Librarything Early Reviewers program. The photographs are absolutely beautiful and set against a white back drop. I loved how the authors interviewed women from all over the world, and their responses to the 5 questions (What really matters to you?, What brings you happiness?, What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? What would you change if you could?, Which single word do you most identify with?). The responses varied a lot but were very thought provoking. I loved that it was a mix of some famous people and others not as well-known. It included interviews with two of my favorite authors (Isabel Allende and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) and really talked about issues women face. I loved the book and highly recommend it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved this book. It was colorful, beautiful, and thought provoking. It really opens up your eyes to the way the world is outside your own. My only complaints are the sheer size of this book (It's so heavy!) and the font is quite small, but overall a brilliant book and I would recommend it. 4.5 stars.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a visually beautiful coffee table book in which 200 accomplished women from around the world are asked the same 5 questions:--What Really Matters to You?--What Brings You Happiness?--What Do You Regard as the Lowest Depths of Misery?What Would You Change If You Could?--With What Single Word Do You Identify?The answers are as varied as the women what are asked the questions. Some replies are short and sweet, some funny, some heart breakingly tragic and some profound. But all will have meaning to someone reading this book.This is a physically big book & not something that one reads curled up in an easy chair. This is a book to dip into when the mood strikes and to savor the thoughts of the women featured inside.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I received this book for free through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers. First off, I just have to say that this book is massive. It’s no wonder that it retails for $50. It is so heavy. Content-wise, this book is great. It showcases a very diverse group of women and their lives and thoughts. Some of them are famous and some of them are just regular, everyday women. But each and every one of them is inspiring. The photographs that accompany the interviews are stunning. Each woman is beautifully highlighted on her own page. Overall, this is a great feminist coffee table book.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5(I received this book through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers giveaway).This book is most impressive in its scope and diversity. When it arrived, the sheer size of this volume had me wondering what I had gotten myself into... I have a 4 year old, so we have Mo Willems and Dr. Seuss on our coffee table. My biggest issue - how to keep it close enough at hand to take the time to read it without having it drop on small hands and feet. 200 Women contains photos and written profiles of women who are effecting change around the globe. Artists, activists, musicians, social workers... the constant message that women can and SHOULD use their agency to improve the world around them is both inspiring and tiresome. Can we celebrate women without putting them on a pedestal?I most enjoyed reading about those women who are out of the public spotlight (at least in the United States). It is really the book's photographer who is the work's hero, as the clear photographs challenge readers to think about their perceptions of these representations of womanhood. The profiles are well-written, but the words do not allow the understanding of the diversity or strength of these women as forcefully as the photos. The words become repetitive. The pictures do not.200 Women is a grown-up version of the "Rebel Girls" children's books. While thoughtful and beautifully packaged, I wonder if enough readers will truly appreciate its full potential.
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The Art of Aardman - Peter Lord
INTRODUCTION BY
PETER LORD
Welcome to this celebration of Aardman and the amazing artists who have led the creative charge here over the past 40 years.
Almost every film that we bring to the screen has been developed through words and in pictures. And though I’m a big fan of the written word, there’s no denying that pictures make for a much more beautiful book. So here we’ve tried to capture for you the magic, the fun and of course the beauty of the visual side of the process.
We’ll take you right through the filmmaking and development process – everything from the first sketch to the finished frame. It all begins in that mysterious time when nothing has been settled, and all possibilities are open. As an artist or an ideas person this is probably the most exciting time you’ll have on a new film and I hope that we’ve managed to communicate some of that energy and sense of adventure. Though some of the pictures you’ll see were created a long time ago, this is definitely not an exercise in nostalgia. The same creative process continues here every day as new projects and stories are born. And the work that’s being done, by artists old and new, is just as exciting, and just as varied as it’s ever been. Many of the people whose work you’ll see in this fabulous book are still working away today in sketchbooks or on tablets (or, as in my case, on the back of the agenda for a meeting that isn’t really holding my attention). Meanwhile new artists are constantly adding to the story, working out their own personal vision.
I love to dig out the stories within stories and hidden histories buried under the surface. Before any of our finished films are brought to the screen, plenty of words have been written, believe me – countless pages of scripts, notes and analysis. But equally there are hundreds, if not thousands, of images – everything from the faintest pencil sketch to a beautiful digital painting. Through those images, stories are born, characters evolve, jokes are planned and whole worlds are created from scratch. If there’s an answer to the old, old question, where do your ideas come from?
then for me – and for many of us at Aardman – the answer is to be found right here in this book. Ideas come from inside your head, and as often as not, they tumble straight out as drawings and into sketchbooks.
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