{"id":9821,"date":"2023-09-05T18:40:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=9821"},"modified":"2024-09-27T09:32:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T08:32:19","slug":"art-illustration-literature-barbara-remingtons-lotr-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=9821","title":{"rendered":"ART & iLLUSTRATiON\/LiTERATURE: Barbara Remington\u2019s LOTR Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What a terrific art work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The above image, of which there are many versions online, is Barbara Remington\u2019s original artwork, for the 1970s LOTR trilogy, as published by Ballantine Books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It appears to be a single composite image, from which covers for the three sub-sections of the trilogy (Tolkien always wanted it to be one big book; but his publishers insisted it would be better as three) were extracted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A detail, from the right end of the \u2018master\u2019 artwork.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Remington\u2019s Middle earth map poster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The above map, with a brilliant illustrative border by Babs, was produced as a poster. I must, somehow, some day, have it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zooming in, on the bottom right corner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The detail above is rather similar to the detail I picked from the cover, at the top of this post. Which is nice, as it gives this little blog entry some visual and thematic consistency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe that my very first exposure to Remington\u2019s highly individual and enchanting style was this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sadly Orville Prescott is mistaken. Great cover tho\u2019!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My dad had this book, in this very Ballantine edition. I bought a cheap copy off Amazon, for myself, some years back. Not for the writing, which, frankly, I think is pretty dreadful (Orville Prescott thought otherwise!), but instead\/solely for the terrific cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, there you go\u2026 not a great deal of info, but just a wee celebration of the fabulous Tolkienian art of Barbara Remington. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The above image, of which there are many versions online, is Barbara Remington\u2019s original artwork, for the 1970s LOTR trilogy, as published by Ballantine Books. It appears to be a single composite image, from which covers for the three sub-sections of the trilogy (Tolkien always wanted it to be one big book; but his publishers … <\/p>\n

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