"See the Sketches J.R.R. Tolkien Used to Build Middle-Earth" Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Oct 2015 10:27 p.m. PST |
"How did J.R.R. Tolkien create The Lord of the Rings? The simple answer is that he wrote it. He sat down in a chair in 1937 and spent more than a dozen years working on what remains a masterwork of fantasy literature and a genius stroke of immersive worldbuilding. The more complicated answer is that in addition to writing the story, he drew it. The many maps and sketches he made while drafting The Lord of the Rings informed his storytelling, allowing him to test narrative ideas and illustrate scenes he needed to capture in words. For Tolkien, the art of writing and the art of drawing were inextricably intertwined. In the book The Art of The Lord of the Rings, we see how, and why. The oversized tome by renowned Tolkien scholars Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull arrives next week to mark the 60th anniversary of the trilogy. It contains more than 180 sketches, diagrams, maps, inscriptions, and trial runs of his invented alphabets, all related to The Lord of the Rings and nearly 100 of which are just now being seen for the first time…"
See here
link Amicalement
Armand |
| 53Punisher | 10 Oct 2015 8:39 a.m. PST |
Very cool, nice find. Thanks! |
| Tango01 | 10 Oct 2015 11:11 a.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| USAFpilot | 13 Oct 2015 6:54 p.m. PST |
Tolkien just may have been a genius. After clicking on the link I saw the related post of "Peter Jackson must be stopped" which I read and found I completely agreed with the article's author. |
| Tango01 | 14 Oct 2015 11:28 a.m. PST |
Happy for that my friend. Amicalement
Armand |
| John Treadaway | 06 Nov 2015 9:10 a.m. PST |
I have seen some of those pics before but certainly not all. That will have t go on my christmas list. Splendid John T EDIT: and USAFpilot – I (after your prompting) also went back and read 'Jackson must be stopped' and agree with you and he (for the most part). I own directors cuts of all of Jackson's LotR trilogy and think it tolerable (for the most part) and (very occasionally) quite well done (and even moving). I can't write what I think of the bits of the Hobbit films that I've actually seen* without being DH'd so I won't. He must be stopped! * I can't watch it all: doctor orders…  |
| Tango01 | 06 Nov 2015 1:59 p.m. PST |
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cleans up more skeletons.
