Sex And Horror: The Art Of Emanuele Taglietti

The first volume in a series from Korero Press that currently consists of three volumes on different Italian artists.The title (and cover illustration) pretty much gives away the content; this volume showcases the rather more lurid work of graphic illustrator Emanuele Taglietti; I knew little about Taglietti till I picked this up, but his work has apparently been mistaken (and miss-attributed) to his compatriot Allesandro Bifignandi – an artist I do know about and the subject of volume two in the series.As one would expect, the work presented here appeared on magazine and book jackets through the 70s and 80s; there's no explicit sex, but plenty of sadomasochism, implied torture and violence all reproduced in glorious colour – with the original artwork as the main panel and a smaller illustration as it appeared on the published cover.The few available pictures in the product page blurb above give a fair impression of the content.A couple of short texts and some accompanying comments on some pieces or series provide useful commentary and context.A book that will no doubt be of interest to graphic artists and anyone into pulp fiction illustration – at the time of writing this the book has just been re-printed so grab it while it is available at an affordable price.

It is all a little on one theme though but I still enjoyed this collection. I love this style of Italian artwork (as well as Spanish etc) and so it is a pleasure to get a collection of many of covers to books and magazines that are nigh on impossible to collect in the UK (ok, you can find some but they are very expensive). Really glad I got this volume as well as the other two in the series and looking forward to the fourth volume

A look at the work of Emanuele Taglietti, a comic book cover artist known for his artwork in the 1970's and 1980's. Emanuele Taglietti painted more than 500 covers for such books as Zora the Vampire, Sukia, Mafia, and 44 Magnum. Taglietti was one of most outstanding artists of the golden age of Italian comics - crime and horror were his specialties. His work, overflowing with violence and eroticism, is both eye-catching and unforgettable.One of the key players, and perhaps the most important, of the Italian erotic comic movement was Emanuele Taglietti. The pulp comics of the ‘70s were marked out by their beautiful, bold and often confrontational covers rather than the content inside.The book opens with an impassioned foreword from collector and artist Mark Alfrey, who discusses how history has forgotten Taglietti, with many of his works sadly credited to some of his contemporaries instead. Leading on to a revealing portrait of the artist, enabling those in the dark to familiarise themselves with his work; summarising his journey as an artist, from working as an art director in the flourishing Italian film industry, most notably with Fellini, to working from home as a comic covers artist and, more recently, painting murals and landscapes.The book is centred on Taglietti's work for Italian publisher Edifumetto (they had a big share of the market for erotic, fantasy, and horror themed comics). The images offer a captivating look at Italian pulp art, particularly the paradigm shift from the '70's concerning sex and nudity, and how by the '80's everything was up-for-grabs. By the end of the '70's, the risqué covers had descended into out-and-out pornography and ultimately came off second best up against home video. Rape, torture, sadism, bestiality, necrophilia, and even tentacles get a look-in.Inevitably, the '80's proved far more explicit and violent and the covers had to cater to the change in taste with more blood to hold consumer attention.Certainly not for everyone, but an interesting collection of pop art/culture.

Excellent idea reproducing the covers of Italian pulp erotica comics. Excellent collection but for adults only.

Good book. I do like his art, may not be to everyone's taste though.

Brilliant artist, brilliant illustrations, get it...

love it

Fantastic book

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This glossy book is loaded with all of the craziest, goriest, necrophilia driven Illustrations from sleazy Italian Horror comics of the 1970s and 80s. If any of that offends you, this is not your book. If, however, you dig ANYTHING from that bygone era of sex and horror then this will satisfy your cravings! On the technical side this book is beautifully printed and a good window into how illustrators worked 30-40 years ago. You'll notice exact likenesses of Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi, and Vincent Price woven into these collage like covers. Illustrators called movie stills "Photo Scrap" and had full right to use them as Illustrations and but not photographs. Also, old school illustrators were heavily trained in drawing the figure. So all the figures-mostly women- look right. Nothing cartoony here. It's all well drawn and often was drawn quickly to make a deadline. If nothing else you've got to appreciate the speed and craft Taglietti had.

Dieser 22,5 x 26 cm große amerikanische SC-Band mit 160 Seiten und Prägedruck des Coverschriftzuges widmet sich dem Werk des italienischen Pulp-Illustrators Emanuele Taglietti (geboren 1943) der in seiner Laufbahn etwas über 500 Titelbilder für italienische Billig-Comicreihen mit viel Sex, Horror und Gewalt schuf. ca 130 dieser Illustrationen kommen in Farbe zum abdruck, als Bonus etliche davon noch mit fertigen Titelschriftzügen der Comicreihen. seben Seiten sind einem Vorwort und einer Biografie gewidmet.Tagliettis Malstil sieht dem seines Kollegen Alessandro Biffignandi (1935-2017), dem der zweite Band der Reihe gewidmet wurde, unglaublich ähnlich, so dass im Internet sogar Gemälde Tagliettis unter Biffignandis Namen zu finden sind. Beide Bücher sind jedenfalls eine Augenweide und sehr zu empfehlen.

プレミア価格で高額化していたが(もう一冊はまだトンデモ価格を維持してる)ようやく購入可能になり購入。詳しいことは虎男？さんのレビュー参照を薦めますが、タイトルのホラー感は期待外れ、フラゼッタ等の画集と比べるとデッサン構図構成力に差があり、肌のペイントは筆跡が肉割れに見える雑な感じが目についてしまう。全体的にB級感がありありで何故高額化したのか不思議でした。