Help finding Disney art book

[squeaks]

Hello. any help with finding this book would really be appreciated! i've been looking for years with no luck.

In 2005, i went on a study abroad trip in Italy. One of our stops was to see The Last Supper by Leonardo in Milan. In the gift shop, there was a book of Disney characters put into classic paintings and sculptures, like this one of Minnie as Mona Lisa as many will be familiar with. It was towards the end of my trip, and being a student, I didn't have a lot of money anyway, so I was forced to just right down the ISBN, and hope I could find it when I got home. I searched and searched, but only found 2 websites that sold the book, and they were both in Italian (which I don't speak) and they were out of stock. I don't have the ISBN anymore since this was back in 2005, but I was wondering if anyone has ever seen or heard of this book, and knows where I can find it. It had every Disney character that I can think of in these brilliant reenactments of some of my favorite works of art. Again, any help would be amazing. Thanks!

 

[sueuk]

I've never seen this book, but it sounds amazing ... good luck in your 'quest'.

 

[tigsmom]

I tried looking around the net and can only come up with the same picture as you, not even a source for it. :shrug:

 

[squeaks]

thanks for the replies. i've searched through every picture i took on that trip, and can't find the picture of the ISBN. i only found 1 US site when i got back to the states (July 2005), and it was a very brief description of the book. i also remember Daisy Duck being depicted in Whistler's Mother as seen here. anyone ever seen this before?

 

[meekoman]

Could you post the ISBN.

 

[tigsmom]

Could you post the ISBN.

No, they already said they can't find it. :lol:

 

[squeaks]

Could you post the ISBN.

No, they already said they can't find it. :lol:

yeah, unfortunately not. i remember taking a picture of it, but cannot find it in the 2000+ photos i took on that trip. i could have sworn it was called something like "the art of disney" because when i came back, i had a heck of a time searching because obviously "art of disney" is a store at WDW and there are many books that share similar titles.

 

[wdwleesa]

Is it perhaps this book? Disney Looking at Paintings. ( I don't know how to post a link but found on Amazon.com)

I have it at home but can't remember what the illustrations are like.

 

[squeaks]

Is it perhaps this book? Disney Looking at Paintings. ( I don't know how to post a link but found on Amazon.com)

I have it at home but can't remember what the illustrations are like.

not quite... the book i'm after actually has the character in the paintings, like Minnie as Mona Lisa. it's very reminiscent of what they do in the Simpson parody painting posters, like these here: one, two, three.

edit:
ah ha! i found some examples of the other images that were together in this book... finally, at least i can prove i'm not crazy. here are some more examples of the "paintings" that are in this book:
Link

edit 2:
ok, so obviously the artist's name is Maggie Parr, and you can find more of her Disney work here, which i think is awesome, but i still can't find this book! if anyone can help, i'd REALLY appreciate it. a lot of her work says "Tokyo Disney" which would make sense as to why i could find it in a gift shop in Italy, but couldn't find it anywhere here in the states.

 

[tigsmom]

not quite... the book i'm after actually has the character in the paintings, like Minnie as Mona Lisa. it's very reminiscent of what they do in the Simpson parody painting posters, like these here: one, two, three.

edit:
ah ha! i found some examples of the other images that were together in this book... finally, at least i can prove i'm not crazy. here are some more examples of the "paintings" that are in this book:
Link

edit 2:
ok, so obviously the artist's name is Maggie Parr, and you can find more of her Disney work here, which i think is awesome, but i still can't find this book! if anyone can help, i'd REALLY appreciate it. a lot of her work says "Tokyo Disney" which would make sense as to why i could find it in a gift shop in Italy, but couldn't find it anywhere here in the states.

Try contacting the artist as she may have some info to share.