It begins with a preface by Viggo Mortensen, the interpreter dAragorn brilliant in the movie Lord of the Rings, and a long and very interesting interview with John Howe den that allows us to know more about the author and the world of the illustration in general. Then it enters the heart. And there, we take full figure immediately grandiose filing called The Black Knight, which illustrates a scene of the Knights of the Round Table. Making use of the game of proportion, John Howe delivers us an absolutely huge tree and in reality the two knights on horseback saffrontant occupy a very small part of the picture size. I have been truly overwhelmed by the majesty of the tree in question. Dailleurs Note that lillustrateur plays often enough with the proportion at this level, ultimately leaving more room to landscapes quaux actors themselves. This is to especially intensify the drama of certain scenes like The Last Dragon where one can admire a knight on horseback pointing his spear at the last living dragon.
In this book, you will therefore find a number of representations of the Arthurian myth, that of Beowulf, Conan the Barbarian, of the universe Tolkien (obviously), the Strasbourg Cathedral for which our admirable John fell in love, but also eg illustrations of the great trilogy His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman worlds Nont unfortunately not retained, and many other things. All this, accompanied by comments of Master and of a good number danecdotes fun enough. The last pages are devoted to the various sketches and bring a little more. It is interesting to delve into other works than the Lord of the Rings why it is particularly famous.
