Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
The calligraphic inscription and a translation provided by Gandalf appear in The Fellowship of the Ring. [T 9] Multiple dimensions of artistry: Tolkien used his skill in calligraphy to write the One Ring's iconic inscription, in the Black Speech of Mordor, using the Elvish Tengwar script, both of which he invented. [1] [T 9]
J. R. R. Tolkien accompanied his Middle-earth fantasy writings with a wide variety of non-narrative materials, including paintings and drawings, calligraphy, and maps.In his lifetime, some of his artworks were included in his novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings; others were used on the covers of different editions of these books, and later on the cover of The Silmarillion.
Herb Petro reviewed Angus McBride's Characters of Middle-earth in White Wolf #25 (Feb./March, 1991), rating it a 2 out of 5 and stated that "This book is for those who revel in the glories of Middle-Earth, art enthusiasts who don't follow ICE's MERP line, MERP enthusiasts who don't have all the now out of print MERP products bhut still would like to enjoy the cover art from those products, and ...
The Hobbit is a 1977 American animated musical television special created by Rankin/Bass and animated by Topcraft.The film is an adaptation of the 1937 book of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien; it was first broadcast on NBC in the United States on Sunday, November 27, 1977.
Gandalf was portrayed by Vesa Vierikko in the Finnish television miniseries Hobitit (1993). [29] Ian McKellen as Gandalf the White in Peter Jackson's The Two Towers (2002) Ian McKellen portrayed Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings film series (2001–2003), directed by Peter Jackson, after Sean Connery and Patrick Stewart both turned down the role.
Alan Lee (born 20 August 1947) is an English book illustrator and film conceptual designer.He is best known for his artwork inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novels, and for his work on the concept design of Peter Jackson's film adaptations of Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film series.
Wizards like Gandalf were immortal Maiar, but took the form of Men.. The Wizards or Istari in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction were powerful angelic beings, Maiar, who took the physical form and some of the limitations of Men to intervene in the affairs of Middle-earth in the Third Age, after catastrophically violent direct interventions by the Valar, and indeed by the one god Eru Ilúvatar, in the ...