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Title: Tolkien's World : Paintings of Middle-Earth by J. R. R. Tolkien, Inger Edelfeldt, Tony Galuidi, Roger Garland, Robert Goldsmith, Michael Hague, Alan Lee, John Howe, Ted Nasmith, Carol Emery Phenix ISBN: 1-56731-248-9 Publisher: MJF Books Pub. Date: May, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.98 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.1 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Very good
Comment: "Tolkien's World" is a very handsome book: large, hardcover, sleeve-cover, fine print and paper. It consists on a serie of paintings divided by books (The Hobbit, LOTR, Silmarillion, etc.) printed in the largest scale possible and with great definition. Beside the picture there is the passage of the book which inspired the painting. In the end there are one-page texts about or written by each of the artists, explaining their influences and relation with Tolkien works. My favorite artist is, without a doubt, Ted Nasmith, that draws very realistic pictures. Second place is John Howe, with his dark and intriguin style. All in all, a pretty nice book. I was very satisfied with it and it helped me to figure the places and events of LOTR. Be aware that there's a book that is kind of a sequel to this one: "Realms of Tolkien: Images of Middle-Earth", which I'm planning to get. It is written on its purchasing info that the author is Ted Nasmith, so is the cover authory. Lucky me.
Rating: 4
Summary: Howe's excellent, the rest are good
Comment: There are 60 illustrations, excellent paintings, with the accompanying text that inspired it. The colours are very well down, and each painting is brilliantly done in terms of publication. There are nine artists represented. These are:
Inger Edelfeldt: 7 paintings
Tony Galuidi: 2 paintings
Roger Garland: 10 paintings
Robert Goldsmith: 2 paintings
Michael Hague: 7 paintings
John Howe:10 paintings
Alan Lee: 10 paintings
Ted Nasmith: 10 paintings
Caro Emery Phenix: 2 paintings
My personal favorite is John Howe. He brings out a lot of dark imagery. I don't know why, but Hague's stuff just does not appeal to me. I have seen him do Lewis's Pilgrim's Regress, and some other stuff, and I just don't like his style (also saw his illustrations for WIZARD OF OX). His are of THE HOBBIT. Galuidi has almost a computer generated quality, and his work is especially intriguing, although there are only 2 of his paintings in this collection. Lee is good. All in all, this is a fair book, collecting the paintings of artisits brining about their own vision of Tolkien's classic saga. Over all, a four star book (bumped up one star because of Howe's supreme quality).
Rating: 3
Summary: A conflicted "World"
Comment: Perhaps no fictional world has inspired as much art as J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. Unfortunately, a lot of it stinks. The good art is excellent, but plenty is mediocre or just awful, rough-looking futuristic stuff that seems utterly alien to Tolkien's work.
John Howe's have the vividity and beauty we expect from him, especially his outstanding picture of Gandalf that inspired the Peter Jackson movie's Gandalf; Alan Lee's are more ethereal and colorless, but still beautiful (especially his Luthien painting). Nasmith's are usually quite good; they're not as good as Howe or Lee, but head and shoulders above average. Goldsmith is fairly good, not exceptional.
Michael's Hague's are mediocre, lacking in imagination and sparkle but serviceable. Robert Garland's paintings range between the exquisite (his lovely "Smith" picture) and the cartoonish (his eye-popping "Haven" picture); the same is true of Edelfeldt, who is divided between bad and good. Phenix and Galuidi are just awful, garishly colored and totally unrealistic. Galuidi's Saruman looks like a picture for a D&D game, and his Barad-dur looks like a cheap scifi cover.
Each painting is accompanied by a relevant quote or piece of verse, usually an excerpt from the book in question (not just "The Hobbit" or "Lord of the Rings," but other books as well). There are some nice bits of artwork in this book, but only buy it if you can't find Nasmith, Lee, Howe or Goldsmith anywhere else.
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Title: Realms of Tolkien: Images of Middle-earth by Ted Nasmith, Inger Edelfeldt, J. R. R. Tolkien ISBN: 0061055328 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Myth and Magic: The Art of John Howe by John Howe, Peter Jackson, Alan Lee ISBN: 0007107951 Publisher: Harper Collins - UK Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Unfinished Tales: The Lost Lore of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien ISBN: 0345357116 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 August, 1988 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Hobbit (Leatherette Collector's Edition) by J. R. R. Tolkien ISBN: 0395177111 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 24 October, 1973 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Silmarillion by J.R.R. TOLKIEN ISBN: 0345325818 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 January, 1985 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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