A Middle-Earth Traveller: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor
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Summary
Let acclaimed Tolkien artist John Howe take you on an unforgettable journey across Middle-earth， from Bag End to Mordor， in this richly illustrated sketchbook fully of previously unseen artwork， anecdotes and meditations on Middle-earth。
Middle-earth has been mapped， Bilbo’s and Frodo’s journeys plotted and measured， but Middle-earth remains a wilderland for all that。 The roads as yet untraveled far outnumber those down which Tolkien had time to wander。
A Middle-Earth Traveller presents a walking tour of Tolkien’s Middle-earth， visiting not only places central to his stories， but also those just over the hill or beyond the horizon。 Events from Tolkien’s books are explored – battles of the different ages that are almost part of legend by the time of The Lord of the Rings; lost kingdoms and ancient myths， as well as those places only hinted at: kingdoms of the far North and lands beyond the seas。
Sketches that have an ‘on-the-spot’ feel to them are interwoven with the artist’s observations gleaned from Tolkien’s books and recollections of his time spent in Middle-earth while working alongside Peter Jackson on the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit film trilogies。 Combining concept work produced for films， existing Middle-earth art and many new paintings and sketches exclusive to this book， A Middle-earth Traveller will take the reader on a unique and unforgettable journey across Tolkien’s magical landscape。
Middle-earth has been mapped， Bilbo’s and Frodo’s journeys plotted and measured， but Middle-earth remains a wilderland for all that。 The roads as yet untraveled far outnumber those down which Tolkien had time to wander。
A Middle-Earth Traveller presents a walking tour of Tolkien’s Middle-earth， visiting not only places central to his stories， but also those just over the hill or beyond the horizon。 Events from Tolkien’s books are explored – battles of the different ages that are almost part of legend by the time of The Lord of the Rings; lost kingdoms and ancient myths， as well as those places only hinted at: kingdoms of the far North and lands beyond the seas。
Sketches that have an ‘on-the-spot’ feel to them are interwoven with the artist’s observations gleaned from Tolkien’s books and recollections of his time spent in Middle-earth while working alongside Peter Jackson on the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit film trilogies。 Combining concept work produced for films， existing Middle-earth art and many new paintings and sketches exclusive to this book， A Middle-earth Traveller will take the reader on a unique and unforgettable journey across Tolkien’s magical landscape。
Reviews
Simona P。
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Illustrazioni bellissime！ 😍
Keith
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This is a good book for any LOTR fan。 It is mostly pencil drawings with a couple in color。 I particularly enjoyed the artwork from the Silmarillion， since I feel saturated by art of LOTR and the Hobbit。 Each page has a little bit of text。 At first it seemed pointless to me because it was very basic plot descriptions。 It became helpful when he was describing artwork of more obscure parts of Tolkien's world though。 There were a couple of times where I'm pretty sure the description matches the movi This is a good book for any LOTR fan。 It is mostly pencil drawings with a couple in color。 I particularly enjoyed the artwork from the Silmarillion， since I feel saturated by art of LOTR and the Hobbit。 Each page has a little bit of text。 At first it seemed pointless to me because it was very basic plot descriptions。 It became helpful when he was describing artwork of more obscure parts of Tolkien's world though。 There were a couple of times where I'm pretty sure the description matches the movies and not the books。 My only complaint is that at least half of the colored pictures were too dark to appreciate， and some I could barely see anything at all。 。。。more
Alex Matzkeit
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I realized once again that I am not one to endlessly scrutinize artworks。 So although this is a book of sketches， "travelling" middle-earth in both geography and history， for me it was far more enlightening as a look at the world through John Howe's eyes。 It's interesting to see how Howe orders his thoughts， what he finds worth mentioning and how much of a Tolkien scholar he himself is。 Add to this the heartwarming anecdotes in the Afterword and this is a most perfect book for anyone who carries I realized once again that I am not one to endlessly scrutinize artworks。 So although this is a book of sketches， "travelling" middle-earth in both geography and history， for me it was far more enlightening as a look at the world through John Howe's eyes。 It's interesting to see how Howe orders his thoughts， what he finds worth mentioning and how much of a Tolkien scholar he himself is。 Add to this the heartwarming anecdotes in the Afterword and this is a most perfect book for anyone who carries the books and films in their heart as much as I do。 。。。more
Kaitlin
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A beautiful book that I would love to own！ Contains mostly sketches detailing the world of Middle Earth， including some locations and events from The Silmarillion that made me especially thrilled。
Julia
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I've been drooling over John Howe's sketches for nearly two decades now。 This compilation/encyclopedia deserves a spot on every coffee table of every Middle Earth wanderer。 I've been drooling over John Howe's sketches for nearly two decades now。 This compilation/encyclopedia deserves a spot on every coffee table of every Middle Earth wanderer。 。。。more
Daniel A。 Penagos Betancur
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John Howe es junto a Alan Lee y Ted Nasmith uno de los grandes referentes en cuanto a obra pictórica de la Tierra Media。 Su trabajo ha estado en las portadas de múltiples ediciones de la obra de Tolkien， libros sobre ella， juegos， calendarios y otro merchandising。 No en balde junto a Lee ha hecho parte del equipo creativo de las dos trilogías cinematográficas de Peter Jackson。 Howe entre los amantes de la obra de Tolkien es un mito en todo el sentido de la palabra。 Desde que supe de este libro y John Howe es junto a Alan Lee y Ted Nasmith uno de los grandes referentes en cuanto a obra pictórica de la Tierra Media。 Su trabajo ha estado en las portadas de múltiples ediciones de la obra de Tolkien， libros sobre ella， juegos， calendarios y otro merchandising。 No en balde junto a Lee ha hecho parte del equipo creativo de las dos trilogías cinematográficas de Peter Jackson。 Howe entre los amantes de la obra de Tolkien es un mito en todo el sentido de la palabra。 Desde que supe de este libro y hasta que lo tuve en mis manos pensé que era un catálogo de la obra de John Howe sobre la Tierra Media y no es así; es， como lo promete el título， una colección de bocetos que él ha hecho con un especial énfasis en los sitios。 Los bocetos a lápiz vienen acompañados de algunos textos en los cuales el mismo Howe medita sobre algún tema en particular de la obra de Tolkien y alguna que otra interpretación particular de ella。 Si lo que el lector está buscando es una colección sobre la obra pictórica de Howe， este no es el libro que busca， pues sus pinturas más famosas no están acá。Resulta muy interesante tener entre las manos este libro álbum porque siempre vi la obra final de Howe en alguno de los productos que ya cité， así， sin más， solo la imagen del mítico Gandalf que llega a La Comarca o la imagen del aguerrido Túrin que clava su espada en Glaurung。 Ya， nada más， punto。 En cambio， con este libro en las manos es como si uno estuviera sentado en el Dragón Verde o en el Pony Pisador mientras comparte alguna que otra cerveza con el mismo John y poco a poco él te va contando lo que vio luego de su última expedición por la Tierra Media ida y vuelta。 ¡Fenomenal！La idea más clara que me queda del libro es que John Howe entiende la Tierra Media desde muchos campos y procura dejarlos claros en cada una de sus obras。 Viendo los dibujos que acompañan el libro se nota una preocupación constante por dejar muy claro las estructuras de los lugares que nos muestra: Dónde termina una columna， un muro， el andamiaje del techo， la luz que necesita cada lugar， los objetos que necesita ese lugar， qué hay detrás de esa ventana。 Es que no son simples dibujos de un lugar imaginario， como muchos pensarán。 Acá hay estudio， hay muchas horas de trabajo logrando que las palabras se conviertan en algo visual y que sean completamente lógicas dentro de las leyes naturales。Junto con esto， Howe propone un viaje por algunas de las fuentes de las que bebió Tolkien a la hora de imaginar su obra。 Es asombroso como Howe logra establecer conexiones acá y allá cada tanto e incluso ser capaz de plasmarlas en su trabajo。 Esto es una muestra de lo que significa para él el Legendarium y el profesionalismo con el cual lo aborda。 Howe no ve la Tierra Media simplemente como una fuente de trabajo， para Howe la Tierra Media es igual de real que lo es para los medianos， elfos， enanos， orcos， ents que la habitan。Howe recorre muchos de los parajes que son más emblemáticos de la Tierra Media con un detalle increíble y de cada uno procura mostrar los elementos pictóricos propios y dar algún que otro detalle histórico， algo que no viene mal así el lector sea un viejo lobo de mar por los parajes de Arda。 Todo esto con el impulso de curiosidad del descubrir qué se esconde detrás de cada muro， árbol o encima de alguna colina。Este libro me devolvió diez años de vida， quizás más， y me devolvió a una época en la cual pasaba mucho tiempo maravillado con cada una de las pinturas que iba descubriendo sobre la Tierra Media y que me ayudaban a imaginar tantos parajes y acontecimientos que hay dentro del Legendarium。 ¡Qué tiempos tan maravillosos esos！En definitiva， este libro álbum es la oportunidad de ver/leer la Tierra Media desde los ojos de uno de los caminantes más notables de la actualidad。 。。。more
Hannah
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I wish there was more behind the scenes and inspiration， but overall a nice look at john howe's depictions of middle earth。 I wish there was more behind the scenes and inspiration， but overall a nice look at john howe's depictions of middle earth。 。。。more
Bradley
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Great art。 Even better better to figure out that John is clearly a scholar not only of Tolkien but of medieval English literature。
Joaquín Compungido
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Muy recomendable。Contiene bocetos， dibujos a lápiz muy detallados， paisajes a color digital， concepts。。。 Una joya。
Mika
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"There。 Back Again。 And the journey between， which is of course the best part。"I own quite a lot of art books， not only from the world of tolkien but various other type of shows， movies and games。 i can say that this one is probably one of the best i've ever read。the sketches are amazing， which is not surprising since John Howe does it like nobody else。the insight and knowledge you gain from this book is incredibly though。 i'd like to think i know quite a lot but seeing everything put together s "There。 Back Again。 And the journey between， which is of course the best part。"I own quite a lot of art books， not only from the world of tolkien but various other type of shows， movies and games。 i can say that this one is probably one of the best i've ever read。the sketches are amazing， which is not surprising since John Howe does it like nobody else。the insight and knowledge you gain from this book is incredibly though。 i'd like to think i know quite a lot but seeing everything put together so thoughtfully is just amazing。 this art book really takes you by the hand and shows you around a world that you thought you already knew and it gives you so much more you maybe didn't already know。i loved this。 not a single page was wasted and it was always full to the brim。 my personal favorite were the dragons but that's just because i'm biased。i will definitely be looking at this book again and again to refresh my memory or just to look at the perfect sketches。 。。。more
TheLivingRon
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Como bien describe su título "Cuadernos de viaje de la Tierra Media" es un libro ilustrado que hará las delicias de los fans del señor de los anillos y ¿porque no？ para aquellos que quieran adentrase en él。 Se nos muestran detalles y descripciones de las principales localizaciones de la trilogía， aunque también nos encontramos con otros seres y lugares menos conocidos， sobre todo de la primera edad， como por ejemplo el señor oscuro Morgoth y antiguas ciudades como Gondolin。 Todo esto acompañado Como bien describe su título "Cuadernos de viaje de la Tierra Media" es un libro ilustrado que hará las delicias de los fans del señor de los anillos y ¿porque no？ para aquellos que quieran adentrase en él。 Se nos muestran detalles y descripciones de las principales localizaciones de la trilogía， aunque también nos encontramos con otros seres y lugares menos conocidos， sobre todo de la primera edad， como por ejemplo el señor oscuro Morgoth y antiguas ciudades como Gondolin。 Todo esto acompañado de las ilustraciones de Jon Howe， ilustrador que ha trabajado para la trilogía de películas y de más trabajados centrados en la Tierra Media。 Sin duda alguna， una manera de visitar la Tierra Media sin salir de casa。 。。。more
Susan
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Howe's drawings and paintings from his time working on Peter Jackson's LOTR & The Hobbit trilogies make up the pages of this glorious pictorial journey。 Each section includes quotes from Tolkien's books and brief summaries of characters， geography， and Middle Earth legends， history， and mythology。 It is definitely for Tolkien's fans， but I'd think any artist would be impressed by the quality and detail of Howe's creations。 He concludes with a 3-page summary of his six years working with Jackson Howe's drawings and paintings from his time working on Peter Jackson's LOTR & The Hobbit trilogies make up the pages of this glorious pictorial journey。 Each section includes quotes from Tolkien's books and brief summaries of characters， geography， and Middle Earth legends， history， and mythology。 It is definitely for Tolkien's fans， but I'd think any artist would be impressed by the quality and detail of Howe's creations。 He concludes with a 3-page summary of his six years working with Jackson and the production teams， reminding readers what a marvelous， collaborative artistic endeavor these films are。 。。。more
Lu_Lost_in_Bookland
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Bezhraničnú fantáziu Pánov ilustrátorov – Alana Leeho a Johna Howa – budem vždy nesmierne obdivovať a vzhliadať k nim ako k vrcholku Taniquetilu。 Sledovať aj tie najmenšie detaily ich kresieb je samo o sebe dychberúcim zážitkom a v spojení s úryvkami Tolkienových kníh a poznámok J。 Howa bol tento zážitok pozdvihnutý （ak je to vôbec ešte možné） o ďalšiu umeleckú úroveň vyššie。 Vydaj sa， pútnik， ešte raz na cestu do Stredozeme a všímaj si aj ten najmenší detail a ťah ceruzkou。 Zbadáš známe miesta， Bezhraničnú fantáziu Pánov ilustrátorov – Alana Leeho a Johna Howa – budem vždy nesmierne obdivovať a vzhliadať k nim ako k vrcholku Taniquetilu。 Sledovať aj tie najmenšie detaily ich kresieb je samo o sebe dychberúcim zážitkom a v spojení s úryvkami Tolkienových kníh a poznámok J。 Howa bol tento zážitok pozdvihnutý （ak je to vôbec ešte možné） o ďalšiu umeleckú úroveň vyššie。 Vydaj sa， pútnik， ešte raz na cestu do Stredozeme a všímaj si aj ten najmenší detail a ťah ceruzkou。 Zbadáš známe miesta， ale zazrieš aj cesty stratené či vekmi zabudnuté。 A znova nadobudneš ten pocit， že si jej cestami kráčal， aj keď len chvíľu。 。。。more
Alles Allerlei
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Unfassbar schöne Skizzen und Zeichnungen welche einen noch einmal in die Welt von Tolkien zurückversetzten。 Ich hatte mir jedoch ursprünglich ein bisschen etwas anderes vorgestellt， eher Beschreibungen was Howe zu den einzelnen ideen inspiriert hatte - das kam zwar auch minimal drin vor aber ich hatte mir hier durchaus mehr erhofft。 Dennoch eine tolle Ergänzung für die Liebhaber der Filme und Bücher
Moritz
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Mh。 Surprisingly， a bit disappointing。 Some of the artwork is absolutely incredible， but some of the sketches just didn’t catch me as much。 Also， in parts questionable font choices and minor inaccuracies in the lore， I think。
Francesco Granitto
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Direttamente da uno degli illustratori che hanno concepito il mondo di Tolkien per le due trilogie cinematografiche， la Guida si configura come un viaggio attraverso i personaggi， le culture， i luoghi e le creature del mondo di Arda e della Terra di Mezzo。 Illustrazioni splendide ed evocative trasformano la creatività di Tolkien in qualcosa di tangibile， meravigliosa sia per gli appassionati e conoscitori del mondo tolkieniano sia per chi vuole approcciarsi per la prima volta ad esso。 Piccole di Direttamente da uno degli illustratori che hanno concepito il mondo di Tolkien per le due trilogie cinematografiche， la Guida si configura come un viaggio attraverso i personaggi， le culture， i luoghi e le creature del mondo di Arda e della Terra di Mezzo。 Illustrazioni splendide ed evocative trasformano la creatività di Tolkien in qualcosa di tangibile， meravigliosa sia per gli appassionati e conoscitori del mondo tolkieniano sia per chi vuole approcciarsi per la prima volta ad esso。 Piccole didascalie contestualizzano ogni pagina e disegno， una lettura che scorre piacevole e genera stupore e meraviglia ad ogni pagina。 。。。more
Kel
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had a lot of interesting and beautiful illustrations， with a lot of information and a glimpse into the lesser-seen realms in Tolkien's writings had a lot of interesting and beautiful illustrations， with a lot of information and a glimpse into the lesser-seen realms in Tolkien's writings 。。。more
Danielle
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This book was full of beautiful drawings and fascinating information。 A must read for lord of the Rings and Hobbit fans。
Emmanuel Agüero
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Hermosas ilustraciones， buenas notas， libro sencillo pero sublime。
Briar Rose
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While the sketches are beautiful， the book is completely disorganized and has several spelling and grammatical errors。 Was there an editor？ They got the “Not all those who wander are lost” quote wrong， I mean come on。 I enjoyed that there were many references and descriptions of middle earth events taking place in the First and Second Ages。
Marina Ruiz Prieto
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es maravilloso。 la información， los dibujos。。。 si amas la tierra media y a tolkien es uno de los mas bonitos que he visto
Andy
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A wonderful artbook of John Howe's work。 I did feel like it was too focused on sketches from the Hobbit movie and would have liked to see other stuff。 There were also a few typos in the book such as mistyping Fingon as Feanor under the entry for Taniquetil， Eorlinga instead of Eorlingas， Two Treesin should be Two Trees。Other than that it's a great book。 A wonderful artbook of John Howe's work。 I did feel like it was too focused on sketches from the Hobbit movie and would have liked to see other stuff。 There were also a few typos in the book such as mistyping Fingon as Feanor under the entry for Taniquetil， Eorlinga instead of Eorlingas， Two Treesin should be Two Trees。Other than that it's a great book。 。。。more
Violetta
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The artwork alone would be substantially enjoyed by any fan， but the inclusion of supplemental text describing the mythology and historical events of Middle Earth really puts the cherry on top for me。
Ingeborg （Ivy）
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I want every single one all of these sketches on my wall！ So endlessly grateful to John-and-Alan for their vision of Tolkien's world。 I want every single one all of these sketches on my wall！ So endlessly grateful to John-and-Alan for their vision of Tolkien's world。 。。。more
Sara Mejías
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Imprescindible para amar todavía más （si eso es posible） la Tierra Media :）
Ninavdv
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Howe's work is beyond words。 This book is utterly wonderful and immersive。 I may not have reread lord of the Rings， as I had planned to do， but i still got to go to Middle-Earth :'） Howe's work is beyond words。 This book is utterly wonderful and immersive。 I may not have reread lord of the Rings， as I had planned to do， but i still got to go to Middle-Earth :'） 。。。more
thetina29
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Beautiful illustrations
S。G。 Campbell
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Amazing sketches。 Would have loved more stories of his experience。
Overhaul
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Simplemente hermoso cada detalle！！
Donna
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