Secrets

by Luis Royo

Book Overview

An artist of the spectacular. Each collection sparkles with pieces seen on book covers from around the world. Fantasy, science fiction, eroticism, Royo has devised a special personal mix of media that makes his work so uncannily real, so beguilingly engaging as to make him a best-selling star.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561631620
• ISBN13: 9781561631629
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
• Length: 85 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.2" x 11.8"

Customer Reviews

Classic Royo

I read the other reviews...it seems some of these people don't know Royo....this is Classic Royo: beautiful, dark and gothic-like, sexual.... it is not for those you blush at skin....but for the lover of gorgeous women and wild monster and magnificent art....if you love royo or know someone who does...get it! it is worth every cent and then some.... and the heck w/ "stories" behind the paintings....you got an imagination...USE IT!!!! that is the intent of pretty much any artist: they want you to think and use that brain and imagine...you want a story, go buy fairytales or something! this is for someone who loves art and had imagination!

Another great Royo book

Secrets, other than the usual nudity, is a bit more sexually explicit than his other books other than the Prohibited books. They are mainly medieval or ancient-fantasy themes, and a few are cover arts for Gemmell books. As often, beautiful shimmery paintings and powerful women. While I wouldn't want Royo to write a whole lot, descriptions that are a little less cryptic would be nice.

Astonishingly beautiful!

Of all of the Royo books I've seen, Secrets, Malefic, and Visions are the most spectacular. The women are absolutely gorgeous, and the level of detail and hyper-realism is astonishing! If you're new to Royo, buy these three books. They emphasize fantasy illustration (as opposed to the sci-fi themes of Women and the post-apocolyptic themes of III Millenium). The quality of the artwork in III Millenium is also very good, but it has a darker, more somber tone. I'd recommend avoiding Women and Conceptions 1. They don't even come close to comparing with the four books listed above, and don't reflect the exceptional talent of Royo as an artist.

Magical, mysterious, hideous and beautiful

Probably my favourite of Royo's books (which I have all). This is here the beauty and sex appeal of women gets closest to demons and dragons - and even merge with them as in actual love making. This book is about sensuality, sexuality, craving, lust and danger. Women here are seldom innocent and weak - no, they more often than not control and use the creatures of the darkness as their desire dictates them. If you only plan to have one book of Royo, then get this one.

A story unto itself

I've read some of the other reviews suggesting Royo write more to accompany his art--to help tell a story. It is my belief that his art work tells a very vivid story, each unique to the person who views it. I've seen books that have beautiful/extraordinary pictures that are accompanied by text, and more often than not it is a disappointment. It's like reading a novel then seeing how the film-makers decided to make your favorite character look like... Great art is a story unto itself.