Product Description

The definitive guide to the design of the movie, incorporating the best artwork from the trilogy plus many never-before-published paintings, sketches, digital shots and photos. With complete access to artwork created over a five-year period, this authoritative and insightful book illustrates the creative development of the entire Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. This official book contains over 400 exclusive images; the very best artworks from the first three Art books are collected together, many much larger than they have been seen before, with all-new text and information and new interviews with many of the artists. In addition, the book includes 100 unpublished artworks from the extended Director's cuts of the three films, and digital imagery and designs not available when the first books were published. Printed on high-quality art paper, this lavish book is ideal for Tolkien collectors, film enthusiasts and art students and finally allows the massive undertaking of making The Lord of the Rings trilogy to be fully appreciated.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #420178 in Books
• Published on: 2004-11-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Review
"I'm always thinking of a day that I hope will come; the day when they stop being three separate movies and become one big story again." PETER JACKSON

About the Author
Gary Russell has worked widely in media, as a television actor, script consultant, magazine editor, reviewer, novelist and audio producer. His previous non-fiction publications include books on Frazier, The Simpsons and Doctor Who.

Customer Reviews

Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful Book of Book-tastic Artworks
The Lord of the Rings, The Art of the Lord of the Rings will dissappoint no one, the book captures art at its best.
This book contains the best of the best of all the paintings made for Peter Jacksons magic movie trilogy, the amazing book has sketches and paintings of Hobbiton, Rivendell, Moria, Lorien, The Black Gate, Edoras, Helms Deep, Dunharrow, Osgiliath, Minas Morgul, Minas Tirith, Mount Doom, Barad Dur and last but not least the Grey Havens. This book is amazing and the book has magnificent paintings and elaborate sketches that are absolutely perfect for everyone. But is the best present ever for a Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, Alan Lee, John Howe fanatics, art, illustration fanatics. This book has captured the spirit of Tolkien and Peter Jackson fantastically. So I think this book is book-tastic and many others have the same possitve oppinion too!