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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.
Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson, 1893, Hampton University Museum. Gift to museum by Robert C. Ogden. [1] The Banjo Lesson is an 1893 oil painting by African-American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner. It depicts two African-Americans in a humble domestic setting: an old black man is teaching a young boy – possibly his grandson – to play the ...
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The main material used for jewelry design in antiquity and leading into the Middle Ages was gold. [1] Many different techniques were used to create working surfaces and add decoration to those surfaces to produce the jewelry, including soldering , plating and gilding, repoussé , chasing , inlay, enameling, filigree and granulation, stamping ...
The Narnia film trilogy adapted from the novel series by Tolkien's friend C. S. Lewis were produced due to the popularity of The Lord of the Rings. George R. R. Martin acknowledged Tolkien influenced his Game of Thrones TV series and novels about medieval fantasy, while speaking about a movie about Tolkien's life.
With a government shutdown narrowly avoided late Friday into Saturday morning, the House and Senate sent a funding bill to President Joe Biden's desk. An initial bipartisan deal was tanked earlier ...
Police have charged a 22-year-old man over a stabbing on Christmas Eve in Gloucester. The attack happened at an address on Cromwell Street at about 01:40 GMT on Tuesday, Gloucestershire Police said.
Resistance bands, on the other hand, are lightweight, compact, and easy to store or pack in a bag. This portability makes them perfect for people with limited space or those who want to stay ...