| The Art of The Lord of the Rings |  | Author: Gary Russell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1205476
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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 223
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.6
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4372
ASIN: B0015MIAX6
Publication Date: November 15, 2004
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Product Description
A dual-edition full-color book for the millions of fans who have taken The Lord of the Rings to heart through the celebrated film trilogy. Many of the images included in this volume, depicting pivotal scenes and characters, were previously embargoed and have never appeared in book form. The work of Alan Lee and John Howe ? the two artists most closely associated with Tolkien's world ? is featured, along with that of many other talented artists and designers. The artists' own descriptions of the design process used in creating the look of the films both enlighten and enliven this essential book.
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 Nice, not great November 3, 2006
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Nice computer rendered images in full color. Wasn't quite what I was expecting. Enjoyed Lord of the Rings Sketchbook much more.
 hidden treasure March 21, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Its a comprehensive book of the best concept art for LOTR, some of which wasnt included in the previous volumes. The background paintings are a must have. I suggest people purchase this book rather than the other volumes, as it covers all 3 films.
^ ^ August 8, 2005
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
what an amazing world in the books "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R.Tolken, and I would thank Mr.Jackson very much to create them become true with his trilogy moves "The Lord of the Rings". I love those moves,love them so much.they take me into such an superb world.I will remember them in my all life, do you? if you are a fun of them, you will be love them too.
BREATHTAKING ART June 30, 2005
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Owning all of the Boxed sets of the LOTR's trilogy I found myself utterly fascinated with the various documentaries on the discs about the making of the film. Especially with the art designs..the paintings, storyboards, miniatures...Here are men who are supremely talented artists whose paintings and drawings would never been seen by most people were it not for the DVDs and books like this. This is high art...Gorgeous and breathtaking and on a par if not surpassing the works of people like the Hildebrandt Brothers who have been long known for their paintings of Middle Earth. Next to people like Alan Lee, the Hildebrandts work seems child-like in its intent.
The painting of the Nazgul looking down like a vulture over the town of Bree, just waiting is marvelous. The Nazgul, their wriath images revealed to a startled Frodo when he puts the ring on atop Weathertop, Treebeard, Shelob...the fantastic pencil drawings. These films created literally thousands of masterpieces of fantasy art. Just a fantastic book and at over 200 pages it's not some fluff marketing item, but a book for serious fans and collectors.
Artful April 7, 2005
27 out of 28 found this review helpful
In the foreword of "The Art of The Lord of the Rings," Gary Russell reveals that he always intended to create a "best of" book, after doing the previous books for the hit movie trilogy. Now that all the extended versions are out, and everybody knows the ending, this Best Of collection proves itself to be just as useful as Russell's previous books.
As the previous books have had, Russell takes a look at all sorts of concept art for the films: There are storyboards, intricate pencil drawings, paintings, and action shots. Some of it was previously unreleased, like a picture of Gandalf the Grey looking over an army. Quite a few of the pictures are almost identical to the film, especially the digital shots, which are 100% realistic. And there is even a gallery of maquette models, including trolls, Shelob, mumakil, Treebeard, the king of the dead and the intricate Easterling armor.
The difference between this and Russell's prior books? Here, Russell divides the artwork by artist, rather than by subject. As a result, readers can get a better idea on what the assorted artists specialized at, and their different concepts about what "Lord of the Rings" should look like.
First and foremost are the legendary Alan Lee and John Howe. Lee's artwork is very vivid and action-based, and his color pictures are almost like photos. Howe's are mostly black and white, extremely detailed, and are more delicate than Lee's more muscular style. Without a doubt, these guys were the bedrock for all the concept art.
But there are quite a few other artists included, and each has their own style and focus. Christian Rivers and Ben Wootten seemed to specialize in armor, beasties and menaces, while Warren Mahy tended to focus on the grotesque and gruesome, such as the orcs, the dead men, and uruk-hai. And Daniel Falconer did a little of everything, including ship designs, radically different designs for the ent Treebeard, and lots and lots of armor (both past and present).
Russell ends it with small shots of the ending credits of ROTK, which was made of delicate pictures of each actor in costume, as "we would wish to remember them." It's a bit saddening, but as he reminds us in the foreword, there's always "The Hobbit" someday.
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