Now that we know Avatar ’s float mountains were based on China ’s rugged geographics , the Chinese have decided to rename a mountain in Hunan province “ Avatar Hallelujah Mountain . ” And artists are posting their pet double by Yes incubate artistRoger Dean .
Thenewly dub Avatar Hallelujah Mountainis in Wulingyan National Park , already a major tourist maculation in China — but officials are hoping that naming it after the mega - popular plastic film will help the shockingly verticle landmark become a major destination .
Meanwhile , since wepointed out the resemblancebetween Avatar and Roger Dean ’s artwork a month ago , there ’s been a ado of discussion on the subject online . Entertainment Weekly asked directorJames Cameronwhether he got his idea for the float mountains from a Yes masking , and he laugh . “ It might have been … Back in my pot - smoking days . ” Some more great Dean fine art has been posted in various post , as mass celebrate his influence and point to more area where Dean ’s art may have help to inspire Avatar . Check out our newfangled favorites .
https://gizmodo.com/did-prog-rocks-greatest-artist-inspire-avatar-all-sign-5426120
YannickLeJeunepointed outa number of Dean cover that could have inspired Avatar , including this look-alike that see startlingly like the Toruk , the giant red dragon that Jake fly .
And this image , which take care like the Ikrans in their natural home ground . ( ViaYannickLeJeune )
And this one of somebody wrangle a take flight creature into submission so he can rally it . ( ViaYannickLeJeune )
And a particularly awe-inspiring model of the “ float mountains ” scheme . ( ViaYannickLeJeune )
Blog SignalNoisecompared some Dean imageswith some Avatar screenshots , and in addition to the famed floating mountains , they also pointed to the arched rock formation in both Dean ’s and Cameron ’s visions .
And then Sci - Fi - O - Ramaasked some artiststo name their favorite Roger Dean images . Some of them looked sort of Avatar - ish , like this “ Red Dragon ” image , chosen by Dan McPharlin , who drop a line “ I guess what I love about this in particular is the graphic biff of the vividly coloured depicted object ( apparently a later addition ) against what is essentially a monochromatic backdrop ; a foreign , almost oriental landscape full of disquieted bone - alike build in geological turbulence , now draped with silver waterfall , clumps of vegetation and thick fog . We are leave to ponder the red dragon ’s billet in this world ; no incertitude near the top of the food string , prowl a rocky outcrop in search of his next meal . ”
Some of them were a tidy sum less Avatar - esque , like this Billy Cox cover , chosen by Eric Carr ( via Sci - Fi - group O - Rama ) .
And some of them were just plain awesome , like this Paladin cover , chosen by Jeff Love ( via Sci - Fi - O - Rama ) . There ’s a lot more over at the linkup .
One of the artists who take part in the Sci - Fi - O - Rama , Jonathan Coulthart , was so overpower with a “ splurge of polemicist , ” heposted it on his own website alternatively . It ’s a long essay about the post - punk disdain forprog rockand for fantastic artist like Dean . He quotes Dean , in 1976 , as saying ,
skill fable is inauspicious in having a most unsatisfactory theoretical account of macrocosm - it ’s considered literary kitsch . I believe it should be the mainstream of literature because all the books that have become important down the generations of civilisation have been book about estimation . Superficially , science fiction would seem to offer the most scope for melodic theme content , but the promise is unfulfilled . Good approximation and ripe penning rarely coincide . All too often the medium is used for amusement alone and its potential beyond this should be obvious to everyone . I do n’t just signify in the sensory faculty of fantasy engineering . The potential for foretell human evolution is there and perhaps the substance to add it about and definitely the means to bring in about a social organic evolution .
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