John Howe (1) (1957–)
Autore di The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-Earth
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Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: John Howe. Sala Ingellis. Lucca By Niccolò Caranti - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63934841
Opere di John Howe
John Howe's Ultimate Fantasy Art Academy: Inspiration, approaches and techniques for drawing and painting the fantasy… (2021) 6 copie
Drachen und Giganten: Inspirationen, Ansätze und Techniken zum Malen und Zeichnen von Fantasy-Welten (2009) 2 copie
John Howe fantasy műhelye 1 copia
Opere correlate
Racconti incompiuti di Numenor e della Terra-di-mezzo (1980) — Immagine di copertina, alcune edizioni — 10,577 copie
Sir Gawain e il cavaliere verde: Perla: e Sir Orfeo (1330) — Immagine di copertina, alcune edizioni — 3,429 copie
La pietra del cielo: cronache di Camelot 1 (1992) — Immagine di copertina, alcune edizioni — 1,624 copie
Rip Van Winkle: a posthumous writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker (1819) — Illustratore, alcune edizioni — 1,294 copie
Morgoth's Ring: The Later Silmarillion, Part One (1993) — Immagine di copertina, alcune edizioni — 1,070 copie
The Peoples of Middle-Earth (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 12) (1996) — Immagine di copertina, alcune edizioni — 1,010 copie
The War of the Jewels: The Later Silmarillion, Part Two (1994) — Immagine di copertina, alcune edizioni — 940 copie
The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology (1982) — Immagine di copertina, alcune edizioni — 901 copie
Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy (2003) — Immagine di copertina, alcune edizioni — 610 copie
The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary (2006) — Illustration of Dragon Frame on jacket, alcune edizioni — 334 copie
The Conan Chronicles Volume I: The People of the Black Circle (2000) — Immagine di copertina, alcune edizioni — 278 copie
The Conan Chronicles, Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon (1988) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 222 copie
Latin or the Empire of a Sign: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries (1998) — Traduttore, alcune edizioni — 171 copie
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Chronicles: Art & Design (2014) — Introduzione — 139 copie
The Official A Game of Thrones Coloring Book: An Adult Coloring Book (A Song of Ice and Fire) (2015) — Illustratore — 139 copie
Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction (2008) — Immagine di copertina — 114 copie
Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Vol. 2: The Secret Sharer (1993) — Immagine di copertina, alcune edizioni — 37 copie
Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Vol. 1: Pluto in the Morning Light (1992) — Immagine di copertina — 34 copie
Pandora 04: Magazin für Science Fiction & Fantasy (2008) — Immagine di copertina, alcune edizioni — 5 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1957-08-21
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Canada
- Luogo di nascita
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Luogo di residenza
- Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Istruzione
- École des arts décoratifs in Strasbourg
- Attività lavorative
- illustrator
- Organizzazioni
- Company of Saynt George
Utenti
Recensioni
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 40
- Opere correlate
- 138
- Utenti
- 2,074
- Popolarità
- #12,396
- Voto
- 4.2
- Recensioni
- 26
- ISBN
- 131
- Lingue
- 12
- Preferito da
- 2
Starting from the front page - the title is a bit misleading, the author takes us on a longer trail, sometimes far beyond the Middle-earth. Most of the book covers concept art for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies, but we get glimpses of times and lands that were not depicted there. Which I don't mind, even if I saw it elsewhere, since the art is great.
The sketches are everything that one could expect from John Howe and more. Incredibly detailed, covered in rich textures, both extremely realistic and fantastically imaginative. Sometimes it's surprising how precisely these concepts were translated onto the film, other times they are so audacious that it's completely understandable that they didn't make the cut at all. However, there is always an intention and a story, often historically informed, that make all of them very coherent and belonging to the same world.
What I'm missing here is more insight into the process or more stories that only John Howe could tell. There is a taste of this in the Postscript chapter and I wish there was more throughout the book. But I guess he is an illustrator, not a writer, for a reason. There are pieces of text that provide some context and occasionally throw in very nerdy facts to show that the author understood the assignment and checked all the reference materials. Unfortunately, they come across as impersonal and very encyclopedic.
A visual gem, an eye candy to study for hours. I'll most likely not read it again, but surely I'll revisit some pages often to get inspired and try to learn drawing from one of the best.… (altro)