The art of the hobbit

R$ 231,90

Sinopse

To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit, a sumptuous full colour art book containing the complete collection of more than 100 Hobbit sketches, drawings, paintings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien.When J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit, he was already an accomplished amateur artist, and drew illustrations for his book while it was still in manuscript. The Hobbit as first printed had ten black and white pictures, two maps, and binding and dust-jacket designs by its author. Later, Tolkien also painted five scenes for colour plates which are some of his best work. His illustrations for The Hobbit add an extra dimension to that remarkable book, and have long influenced how readers imagine Bilbo Baggins and his world.To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit, the complete artwork created by the author for his story has been collected in The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Including related pictures, more than one hundred sketches, drawings, paintings, maps, and plans are presented here, preliminary and alternate versions and experimental designs as well as finished art. Some of these images are now published for the first time, and others for the first time in colour. Fresh digital scans from the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford and Marquette University in Wisconsin allow Tolkien’s Hobbit pictures to be seen more vividly than ever before.The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien has been written and edited by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, two of the leading experts on Tolkien and authors of the acclaimed J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader’s Companion, and The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide.

Participantes

Autor: J. R. R. Tolkien

Autor

J. R. R. TOLKIEN

J. R. R.Tolkien nasceu em 3 de janeiro de 1892 em Bloemfontein. Após servir na Primeira Guerra Mundial, Tolkien empreendeu uma notável carreira acadêmica e foi reconhecido como um dos maiores filólogos do mundo. No entanto, ele é mais conhecido como criador da Terra Média e autor de obras de ficção clássicas e extraordinárias como O Hobbit, O Senhor dos Anéis e O Silmarillion. Seus livros foram traduzidos para mais de 40 línguas e venderam muitos milhões de exemplares no mundo todo. Ele recebeu o título de CBE (Comandante da Ordem do Império Britânico) e um doutorado honorário em Letras da Universidade de Oxford em 1972. Faleceu em 1973, aos 81 anos de idade.