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Stephen Biesty

Autor/a de The Incredible Cross Section Book

25+ obres 2,309 Membres 19 Ressenyes 1 preferits

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Crèdit de la imatge: Uncredited photo at bl.uk

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Obres de Stephen Biesty

The Incredible Cross Section Book (1992) 833 exemplars
Exploring Space: From Galileo to the Mars Rover and Beyond (2017) — Il·lustrador — 51 exemplars
Giant Vehicles (2014) — Il·lustrador — 35 exemplars
Quest for the Lost City of Gold (2007) — Il·lustrador — 32 exemplars
Emergency Vehicles (2015) — Il·lustrador — 25 exemplars
Trains (2017) — Il·lustrador — 11 exemplars
Flying Machines (2018) — Il·lustrador — 7 exemplars

Obres associades

Rome (2003) — Il·lustrador — 198 exemplars
Egypt: In Spectacular Cross-section (2005) — Il·lustrador — 174 exemplars
Stephen Biesty's Incredible Everything (1997) — Il·lustrador — 113 exemplars
Incredible Body : Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections (1998) — Il·lustrador — 107 exemplars
Stephen Biesty's Castles (2004) — Il·lustrador — 79 exemplars
Stephen Biesty's Flying Machines (Stephen Biesty Series) (2018) — Il·lustrador — 3 exemplars

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Data de naixement
1961-01-27
Gènere
male
País (per posar en el mapa)
UK
Professions
illustrator
artist
web designer
filmmaker
Biografia breu
Stephen Biesty is a world-renowned British illustrator. He made his name in the 1990s for his best-selling Incredible Cross-Section books published by Dorling Kindersley, which have topped global sales of 3.5 million and have been printed in 16 languages. He has won several prestigious prizes, including the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award in 1993, and the UK Literary Association Children's Book Award in 2004. Stephen has created illustrations for high-profile architectural projects, such as the Millennium Dome in 1999 and the redevelopment of the Royal Opera House in 2000. He has also worked on digital media projects such as an animated film for an exhibition at Tower Bridge in 2009, and a website for the USS Constitution Museum in Boston in 2010 to celebrate the bicentennial of this famous American warship.

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I was so very obsessed with this book as a kid. Oddly, one of the parts I remember most vividly was checking out what all the little people were doing. And the soldier whose intestines were hanging out in the tank cross section, of course. Biesty really knows how to appeal to kids.

I'd love to reread this as an adult.
 
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caedocyon | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Jul 18, 2023 |
Readers of all ages will spend hours lost in enchantment perusing these detailed cutaway images of the insides of a castle, observatory, galleon ship, ocean liner, submarine, coal mine, tank, oil rig, cathedral, jumbo jet, car factory, helicopter, opera house, steam train, subway station, fishing trawler, the Empire State Building, and a space shuttle.

Illustrator Stephen Biesty, along with writer Richard Platt, have created a number of such books featuring historical and architectural cross-section drawings, some of which fill colorful oversize double spreads (such as, in this book, the ocean liner and the steam train). The pictures are surrounded by captions that explain both what you are seeing and what you are not seeing.

For example, in the cutaway of a 16th century Spanish galleon, you see and learn briefly about the parts of the galleon, such as swivel guns, the helm, and even poisonous scorpions in the hold. But you also learn about what you can’t actually see, such as: “A terrible smell: Sea water that seeped into the ship collected in the bilge - the space between the old and the keel - and turned into a foul brew. This pump [pointed to in the drawing] cleared the bilges, but the smell of the water was disgusting.”

Similarly, in the cross-section of a World War II German submarine, you see a picture of hanging meat, and you read, “The wurst of it: Because of the lack of space, smoked meat, bread, and other supplies were stored anywhere there was room - in the crew’s quarters, or even in the toilet!”

Each intricate drawing contains a wealth of historical information both from the images and the text on the buildings, machines, and people who used them, along with “key facts,” anecdotes, and minutia that people often wonder about but aren’t often part of the usual descriptions, such as: What did people eat? How did they go to the bathroom? What was daily life like?

Evaluation: This entrancing book will keep you busy for hours, and send you searching for Biesty’s other cutaway books. There is even one on the Star Wars vehicles, and one with pop-up cross-sections. You will want to see them all!
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nbmars | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Jan 19, 2023 |
 
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RobertTykot | Dec 7, 2021 |

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Obres
25
També de
11
Membres
2,309
Popularitat
#11,117
Valoració
4.2
Ressenyes
19
ISBN
112
Llengües
13
Preferit
1

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