The Art of Frozen
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| Author | Charles Solomon |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Art book |
| Published | 2013 |
| Publisher | Chronicle Books |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 168 |
| ISBN | 978-1-45211-716-4 |
The Art of Frozen (ISBN 978-1-45211-716-4) is an art book about the 2013 Walt Disney Company animated feature film Frozen. The book is part of The Art of... series that aims to depict behind-the-scenes information on the artwork created during the development of animated films.
The Art of Frozen was written by Charles Solomon, with a preface by John Lasseter and a foreword by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. It was published by Chronicle Books in November 2013.
The information is divided into five sections[1] (A Family Affair, Coronation, Wilderness, Ice Palace, and Return to Arendelle) which include concept art, storyboards, and finished art, alongside interviews by artists, writers, and other developers, thereby "giving the reader a full-scope of the efforts it took to create the finished film."[2]
Development
Although The Art of... books have been written since at least the early 1990s, The Entertainment Nut explained, "Since 2008, Chronicle [Books] has picked up the torch on publishing [The] Art Of [...] books for Disney's animated features".[1]
Charles Solomon said the following on the books conception:
Frozen was originally slated for 2014, but when another film ran into trouble, the Frozen artists were asked if they could complete their film a year earlier than they had planned. As I mentioned in the acknowledgements, Chris Buck, Mike Giaimo and John Lasseter are artists I’ve written about many times over the years. I know, like, and respect them. When they said they were involved in the film, I knew it would worth writing about. And working with Emily Haynes at Chronicle Books and Leigh Anna MacFadden at Disney Publishing has always been enjoyable. So when they all asked, I said yes. However, I would have liked a bit more time to study the artwork—I often felt like I was skateboarding through the Louvre.
— Charles Solomon, in an interview with Animated Views[3]
