The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings) by Russell, Gary
The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings) by Russell, Gary
Hardcover, ISBN 9780618212903
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002
Used – Like new. This book is in an excellent condition. The cover have some very slight signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains perfect. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.
Illustrator: Various. Foreword by Gary Russell and credits.
Illustrated endpapers, both different, front end paper: – showing a concept of what the Shire of the Hobbits would look like, rear endpaper: – showing a Morrodor concept.
The text is illustrated with conceptual sketches, sculptures and finished products for the film "Lord of the Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring".
Colour laminated boards with gold, white and gray coloured titles to the front panel and green, gold and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, the same illustration as the underlying boards, with gold, white and gray coloured titles to the front panel and green, white and gold coloured titles to the backstrip.
A guide to the design of the costumes, creatures, locations, characters, in all its permutations, to the film Lord of the Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring.
Alan Lee, the beloved illustrator of many of Houghton Mifflin's Tolkien editions, and a talented team of other artists, including the renowned Tolkien illustrator John Howe, have spent more than three years creating the sets, props, creatures, and locations that truly bring Tolkien's Middle-earth to life. Hobbiton, Rivendell, and Minas Tirith are no longer designations on the map.
Literally hundreds of designers and craftspeople have been painstakingly adding authentic cultural details to each of more than 48,000 separate objects shown in The Fellowship of the Ring, from armor to props to architecture.
All this and more is shown in Gary Russell's lavishly illustrated book. Russell spent time on the set in New Zealand, conducting interviews with director Peter Jackson, special effects guru Richard Taylor, art directors Paul Lasainne, Dan Hennah, and Chris Hennah, costumer Ngila Dickson, and Alan Lee and John Howe.
Featuring everything from pencil sketches to the finished objects, his book gives detailed descriptions of why and how this groundbreaking film looks as exciting as it does. The millions of fans dazzled by the results will find here everything they want to know about the genesis and evolution of the movie's incredible look.
