Hammond and Christina Scull, two of the world’s leading Tolkien scholars, have edited the book and provide an expert introduction and comments. More than 180 images are included, all of them printed in colour from high-quality scans and photographs, more than half not previously published. Tolkien collects these drawings, inscriptions, maps, and plans in one deluxe volume. The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. In addition to pictorial sketches, numerous maps follow the development of the Shire and the larger landscape of Middle-earth, while inscriptions in runes and Elvish script, and facsimile’ leaves from the burned and blood-stained Book of Mazarbul, support Tolkien’s pose as an editor’ or translator’ of ancient records." Many do not illustrate the final text, but represent moments of creation, illuminating Tolkien’s process of writing and design. Only a few of these were meant for publication most were aids to help Tolkien conceive his complex story and keep it consistent. Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings, his mental pictures often found expression in drawing, from rough sketches made within the manuscript to more finished illustrations. Here is the deluxe edition of The Art of the Lord of the Rings published by HarperCollins in 2015, with the help of the Tolkien scholars Wayne G. Please watch: "War & Peace – Folio Society Reviews" Please watch: "New Books in: May | Mystics and Folio"
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