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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
200
Developed in collaboration with George Lucas and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, this extensive two-volume catalog brings together an unparalleled collection of narrative art. From murals and paintings to comics, photography, and cinematic archives, it illuminates the influence of narrative art on culture, imagination, and human connection.
Hardcover, two vols. in slipcase, 9.6 x 12.0 in., 13.52 lb, 832 pages
“The best way to truly understand narrative art is to experience it.”
New
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
200The Art of Narrative
A sweeping journey through the images that tell our stories
From ancient myths to modern blockbusters, stories have long shaped how we understand ourselves and the world around us. Created in collaboration with the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, this two-volume monograph traces the rich history of visual storytelling across generations, cultures, and artistic disciplines.
Drawing from the museum’s extraordinary offerings, the book explores narrative image-making across painting, illustration, photography, comics, and the arts of filmmaking. These works reveal the shared visual language that connects fine art and popular culture, following the evolution of storytelling from canvas to the silver screen.
Organized thematically, the volumes bring together work by many of the defining artists and storytellers of the modern era. From Norman Rockwell and Frank Frazetta to celebrated photographers, comic creators, and children's book illustrators, the works show how images help us make sense of the world, spark curiosity, and invite us to imagine new possibilities.
A dedicated cinema section explores the art of Star Wars through original production art, concept paintings, costumes, and vehicles. Together, these works offer a rare look at the creative process behind one of the most enduring narrative worlds in modern culture, revealing how ideas evolve through collaboration into stories that continue to resonate across generations.
Featuring texts by George Lucas and Guillermo del Toro, this two-volume set is a celebration of storytelling through images and of the artists whose work continues to shape our shared imagination.
The artist
George Lucas is a filmmaker, writer, producer, and co-founder of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Best known as the creator of Star Wars and Indiana Jones, he has helped shape modern cinema through Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic. His longstanding support of artists and visual storytelling is reflected in the publications he has contributed to and the museum’s founding vision.
The authors
Guillermo del Toro is a filmmaker, writer, and producer known for blending fantasy, horror, and history in works such as Frankenstein (2025), The Shape of Water (2017), and Pan’s Labyrinth (2006). A prolific author, collector, and advocate for visual culture, he has long championed artists, narrative art, and imaginative storytelling.
Ryan Linkof is Senior Curator and Head of Film Programs at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Previously, he served on the founding curatorial team of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and as a curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and is the author and editor of numerous publications on photography, film, and narrative art.
The editor
Jessica Hundley is an author, filmmaker and journalist. She has written for the likes of Vogue, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times, and has authored books on artists including Dennis Hopper, David Lynch, and Gram Parsons. Hundley often explores the counterculture in her work, with a focus on metaphysics, psychedelia, and magic.
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Hardcover, two vols. in slipcase, 24.3 x 30.4 cm, 6.13 kg, 832 pagesISBN 978-3-7544-0564-2
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“In Los Angeles, director George Lucas has opened his museum of illustration and narrative art. If you can't make the trip, don't fret. The two-volume catalogue may well be the true work of art here—one that conjures entire new worlds.
The film director Claude Chabrol once showed how to write a truly rapturous review of a picture book in a single sentence. It went: "I spent the most beautiful night of my life yesterday with David O. Selznick's Hollywood." The book in question captured the lavish perfectionism of the producer behind King Kong and Gone with the Wind with the same almost fanatical exuberance he brought to his films. I'm happy to steal those words. I spent the most beautiful night of my life yesterday with Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
The institution of the same name, founded by the director and Star Wars creator George Lucas, opened in Los Angeles this week. Yet the two slipcased volumes are more than a companion publication to the new museum, which presents itself in their pages as a kind of promised land. The books are themselves a product of exactly what the museum collects: visual storytelling.”
–monopol