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Fantastic art is a loosely defined art genre. The first "fantastic" artist is generally believed to be Hieronymus Bosch .
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Other artists who have been labeled fantastic include Brueghel , Giuseppe Arcimboldo , Matthias Grünewald , Hans Baldung Grien , Francisco De Goya , Gustave Moreau , Max Magnus Norman , Henry Fuseli , Odilon Redon , Max Klinger , Arnold Böcklin , William Blake , Gustave Doré , Giovanni Battista Piranesi , Salvador Dalí , Arik Brauer , Johfra , Odd Nerdrum , and Mati Klarwein .

Fantasy has been an integral part of art since its beginnings, but has been particularly important in Mannerism , Romantic Art , Symbolism and Surrealism . fantastic art celebrates fantasy, imagination, dreamworlds, the Grotesque , visions and other-worldliness. With symbolism, it shares its choice of themes such as Mythology , Occultism and Mysticism .

In French, the genre is called le Fantastique , in English it is sometimes referred to as ''visionary art'', ''grotesque art'' or Mannerist Art .


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BOOKS

  • 2005 - ''Fantastic Art'' (Taschen)( Schurian, Prof. Dr. Walter) ISBN 978-3-8228-2954-7 (English edition)

  • 2007 - ''Metamorphosis'' (beinArt) ISBN 978-0-9803231-0-8



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