A Middle-earth Traveller: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (894 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XG5CHGH |
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| Number of Pages | : | 121 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
John Howe was born in 1957 in Vancouver, Canada. In 2009 he returned to New Zealand to work on the The Hobbit movie trilogy. In 1998 he spent over a year in New Zealand working as Conceptual Artist on Peter Jackson's acclaimed The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. He has illustrated many French children's books, but is best known for his Tolkien calendars, b
Praise for John Howe:`A fascinating and enchanting read'Corel Painter
The roads as yet untraveled far outnumber those down which Tolkien had time to wander.A Middle-Earth Traveller presents a walking tour of Tolkien's Middle-earth, visiting not only places central to his stories, but also those just over the hill or beyond the horizon. Let acclaimed Tolkien artist John Howe take you on an unforgettable journey across Middle-earth, from Bag End to Mordor, in this richly illustrated sketchbook fully of previously unseen artwork, anecdotes and meditations on Middle-earth.Middle-earth has been mapped, Bilbo's and Frodo's journeys plotted and measured, but Middle-earth remains a wilderland for all that. Combining concept work produced for films, existing Middle-earth art and many new paintings and sketches exclusive to this book, A Middle-earth Traveller will take the reader on a unique and unforgettable journey across Tolkien's magical landscape.. Events from Tolkien's books are explored - battles of the different ages that are almost part of legend by the time of The Lord of the Rings; lost kingd