TV series are becoming more popular than never and par excellence, currently the online series Game of Thrones on HBO literally sweeps the audience not only because of the intrigue or the battles. The visual spectacle of his landscapes and architecture of the imposing buildings, monuments… etc.
From the game, they represent an added value that many spectators we admire. The marketing that is creating the series around it provides ideas and concepts that other companies are taking advantage of to show us a different architecture and detail.
In this case we move to the popular books and Moleskine notebooks, which since the studio of Milan Dadomani to promote the new game of Thrones sketchbooks have recreates a sublime stop-motion that uses more than 7,600 paper cutouts in a 40-second video that recreates the architecture of the fortress of the Landing of the King .
The new Game of Thrones books they are…
Four thematic notebooks with unpublished serigraphs tell with symbolic references to the three families – Stark, Lannister and Targaryen -, as well as a collection box representing the Throne of Iron . The screen-printed covers were designed by the emerging artist Levente Szabó. The we can see notebooks from 12 Euros from HERE in Amazon.
We can see the making of the short – Game of Thrones video from the next…
Although if we talk about books to see the architecture of the series , this pop up Game of Thrones book seems like a craziness. We can see it better or buy it HERE
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And it is that the architecture of Game of Thrones leaves no one indifferent. He designer and art director Deborah Riley you may have one of the most rewarding jobs and challenges on television right now, the supervision of the mise-en-scène and the landscapes of Game of Thrones, a series that constantly raises the bar bet for the visual and fantastic effects that are enhancing the visual power of the buildings that appear in the series.
To make the series more believable, it is often done reference to the architecture of the the real world as a means to delimit the different locations. The different styles and color schemes also make it easier for editors who make the leap in the different stories that make up the narrative.
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was a major influence over the world Meereen and Daenerys . The architect was very passionate about Mayan architecture and he applied this style reminiscently to many of his works. “Part of this appeal we have included in the series”… according to art director Riley. An example in the next image. (Here to better appreciate the following image and comparative)
German architect Albert Speer worked at the time of the Third Reich doing different architectural works among them different banks symbolizing the power of money. That aspect has been carried over to different points in the series. in its interior design . large spaces opulent, a single table, a pen and paper…
The appearance of the building is reminiscent of the Varanasi buildings on the bank of the Ganges (India). For the Hall of Faces , it is a combination between the Ellora caves in India West for the ancient and complex stone carvings that is located, and a temple in Hong Kong called the temple of 1,000 Buddhas.
The appearance of the Dothraki city will be influenced by the works by Canadian architect Arthur Charles Erickson.
One of the most impressive architectural works in Spain. The Real Alcazar of Seville with its gardens and its different palaces.
The locations of the series have been very varied and different, with landscapes that represent a change radical.
We can consult all the scenes of Game of Thrones from the map below with her CARACTERISTICS. Or an interactive map of the series that represents the distribution of territories…
On the official page of Game of Thrones you you can find all the characteristics of the characters, stories, maps and many that you can imagine…