J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, created in his classic works The Hobbit,
The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, has for more than half
a century inspired artists around the world. Realms of Tolkien is a celebration
of Tolkien's imagination and the ingenuity of artists like Alan Lee, John Howe
and Ted Nasmith who choose to realize his fantasy - every one of the 58 paintings
offers a unique interpretation of Tolkien's realm, while retaining that familiar
quality that makes it undeniably 'Tolkien'. Twenty new and familiar Tolkien artists
are represented in this fabulous volume, breathing an extraordinary variety of
life into 58 different scenes, each of which is accompanied by the appropriate
passage from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
