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Doctor of Art History, associate lecturer at the University of Plymouth, adventures in #Tolkien illustration and image theory
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For Saturday - four killer images of Smaug wreaking havoc on Lake-town. From the top it's Jiří Šalamoun's Guernica revisited (1973), Michael Hague's study in smoke and flame (1984), Laima Eglïte's dragon Blitz (1991) and Denis Gordeev's classic mega firedrake (1992)

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Revealed - the truth behind Sauron's jewellery obsession...#Tolkien

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Fancy spending 12 weeks sailing the far shores of illustration? Want to examine its history, style, subject matter, and symbolism via individual case studies, key illustrated editions, and multi-artist collections? Then join my course in 2023! (Art: Tim Kirk)

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Happy birthday, and hope you feel better soon! In the meantime here's a little party Sergei Iukhimov style 🎂

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Tonight - I present the first in an occasional series entitled "Tolkien Illustration Books You Never Knew You Wanted!". At number one, he's wild, he's moody, and he wants his Silmarils back, it's Fëanor The Graphic Novel by Sláine The Horned God maestro Simon Bisley

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I often find ghosts are better implied than depicted literally, but I am fond of Inger Edelfeldt's portrayal (c.1985). I also like Joan Wyatt's classical-style shades (1979), and Victor Ambrus' phantom warriors from A Tolkien Bestiary (photo to come sometime soon)

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MERP illustrator Gail B. McIntosh had a distinctive approach to ghosts and the immaterial in her pics. Here's two tangible yet transparent phantoms from the 1985 Erech and Haunted Ruins supplements. Note the Renaissance stylings of the swordswoman and the blond stick guy

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illustration fans! Thrilled to announce that I'm joining in 2023 to teach the first course of its kind outside of Arda - "Tolkien Illustrated: Picturing the Legendarium". Want to immerse yourself in Tolkien art history? Now you can! (Art: Stephen Hickman)

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Young Sauron...an obsession begins

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Its stars again at seven as the famous Star of Fëanor (c. 1954) by meets the same star reproduced in Хранители (1982) before morphing into the star signifying the second of seven swans sent by Ulmo in Tuor Found the Shield by Sergei Iukhimov (1991). More to come...(7/7)

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