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A Tolkien Tapestry - Pictures to Accompany The Lord of the Rings (Hardcover, De luxe Slipcased ed)
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A Tolkien Tapestry - Pictures to Accompany The Lord of the Rings (Hardcover, De luxe Slipcased ed)
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This brand new full-colour art book reveals in sumptuous detail
more than 100 paintings based on The Lord of the Rings by acclaimed
Dutch artist, Cor Blok, many of which appear here for the first
time. This deluxe slipcased edition is limited to 500 copies and is
personally signed by the artist. Fifty years ago, shortly after The
Lord of the Rings was first published, Cor Blok read the work and
was completely captivated by its invention and epic storytelling.
The breadth of imagination and powerful imagery inspired the young
Dutch artist, and this spark of enthusiasm, coupled with his desire
to create art that resembled a historical artefact in its own
right, led to the creation of more than 100 paintings. Following an
exhibition at the Hague in 1961, JRR Tolkien's publisher, Rayner
Unwin, sent him five pictures. Tolkien was so taken with them that
he met and corresponded with the artist and even bought some
paintings for himself. The series bears comparison with the Bayeux
Tapestry, in which each tells an epic and complex story in
deceptively simple style, but beneath this simplicity lies a
compelling and powerful language of form that becomes more
effective as the sequence of paintings unfolds. The approximately
100 full-colour paintings in this new book are presented in story
order so that the reader can enjoy them as the artist intended.
They are accompanied by extracts from The Lord of the Rings and the
artist also provides an extensive introduction illuminating the
creation of the series and notes to accompany some of the major
compositions. Many of the paintings appear for the very first time.
Readers will find Cor Blok's work refreshing, provocative, charming
and wholly memorable -- the bold and expressive style that he
created stands as a unique achievement in the history of fantasy
illustration. Rarely has an artist captured the essence of a
writer's work in such singular fashion; the author found much to
admire in Cor Blok's work, and what higher accolade is there?
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