Entre le 13 juillet et le 13 octobre 2022, le musée Henri Martin et la Bibliothèque Patrimoniale et de Recherche (BPR) de Cahors organisent une grande exposition des œuvres de Sa Majesté la Reine Margrethe II du Danemark.
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Une exposition royale – les œuvres de la Reine du Danemark exposées à Cahors
La ville de Cahors célèbre en 2022 l’année du Danemark, évènement encouragé par le lien étroit que la région entretient avec la famille royale qui y possède un château. Parmi les festivités, à la mi-juillet s’est ouvert une exposition conjointe entre le musée Henri Martin, récemment rénové, et la Bibliothèque Patrimoniale et de Recherche, qui présentent les œuvres graphiques de la Reine. Margrethe II du Danemark est en effet une artiste accomplie, et pratique régulièrement les arts graphiques. Elle prête cependant rarement ses œuvres, ce qui rend leur présentation à Cahors d’autant plus exceptionnelle.
Mais quel rapport avec J.R.R. Tolkien ?
Continuer la lecture de Une exposition royale – les œuvres de la Reine du Danemark exposées à CahorsImagine Arda – an interview with Magdalena Olechny
This article is part of a series dedicated to artists, fan-artists and illustrators inspired by the writings of J.R.R. and Christopher Tolkien. If you yourself are an artist, and you like the idea of a conversation and a feature on this blog, please reach out to me.
My guest today is Magdalena Olechny, an independent fantasy artist from Poland. I was instantly taken with her “Ladies of Arda” series, depicting well-loved an lesser-known women from Middle-earth and beyond.
Read on for the interview with the artist.
Continuer la lecture de Imagine Arda – an interview with Magdalena OlechnyImagine Arda – an interview with Norloth
This article is part of a series dedicated to artists, fan-artists and illustrators inspired by the writings of J.R.R. and Christopher Tolkien. If you yourself are an artist, and you like the idea of a conversation and a feature on this blog, please reach out to me.
My guest today is Norloth, an illustrator, photographer, and cosplayer from Shanghai.
Read on for the interview with the artist.
Continuer la lecture de Imagine Arda – an interview with NorlothImagine Arda – an interview with Anthony Vong
This article is the first of a new series dedicated to artists, fan-artists and illustrators inspired by the writings of J.R.R. and Christopher Tolkien. If you yourself are an artist, and you like the idea of a conversation and a feature on this blog, please reach out to me.
My first guest is the French artist Anthony Vong, whose work I discovered very recently through his poster “The Quest of the Ring at the End of the Third Age”. This is a personal project Anthony has created over the course of several weeks to depict the journey of the Fellowship through the variety of landscapes Middle-earth has to offer. I was particularly taken with its colour palette and delicacy of the linework.
Read on for the interview with the artist.
Continuer la lecture de Imagine Arda – an interview with Anthony VongIllustrating Tolkien – a podcast with Tolkiendil
Back in December, a few weeks after I joined them, the association Tolkiendil (the French equivalent to the Tolkien Society) invited me to talk about my research in their podcast. I took this opportunity to present all the artists that appear in my PhD corpus.
Continuer la lecture de Illustrating Tolkien – a podcast with TolkiendilTolkien 2019: abstract
On Tolkien Reading Day, last 25 March, I had the extreme pleasure of receiving an e-mail from the Tolkien Society informing me that my paper had been accepted for presentation at the Tolkien 2019 convention in Birmingham next August. Continuer la lecture de Tolkien 2019: abstract
Highlights from Ted Nasmith’s illustrated Silmarillion
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During Nanowrimo last November, one of my goals was to re-read The Silmarillion in Ted Nasmith’s illustrated edition and study the pictures as I went, so that the text would be fresh in my mind and I wouldn’t let an important detail slip unnoticed. Here you will find some of my thoughts and notes looking at the way Nasmith reads Tolkien and blends all the complexity of the tale into his illustrations. Continuer la lecture de Highlights from Ted Nasmith’s illustrated Silmarillion
Progress report : November. Numbers and deadlines.
In November, I was inspired by Nanowrimo and set myself the goal of writing 30,000 words. Initially I was hoping for 50,000, but it would have been counterproductive and I did not want to trade quality for quantity. I started on November 5th and happily met my deadline 29 days later, on December 3rd with one day to spare. Since this is about numbers, I counted six days when no writing was done, either because I was busy elsewhere or for personal reasons.
Continuer la lecture de Progress report : November. Numbers and deadlines.An introduction to Ted Nasmith’s illustrated Silmarillion
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The end of October was devoted to a close reading of the Silmarillion illustrated by Ted Nasmith. I only had a dim memory of the book, having read it years ago in its French translation, in a couple of days, absorbing every new name as quickly as I forgot them. I remember feeling enthralled and enthusiast, discovering for the first time the Ainulindalë, the tale of Túrin Turambar of the downfall of Númenor between the pages of the yellowed Christian Bourgois edition adorned on the cover with the emblem of Lúthien Tinúviel.
Continuer la lecture de An introduction to Ted Nasmith’s illustrated SilmarillionIllustrating the dragon in Tolkien’s Hobbit: artistic agency and the reader’s reception
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This article is written for specialists of Tolkien’s texts but not necessarily of its illustrations. It is meant to be published in journals such as Mythlore, Tolkien Studies or the Journal of Tolkien research, exploring the literary dimension of Tolkien’s works. Readers of The Hobbit may be unfamiliar with some of the vocabulary coming from art history, but they are familiar with the question of reception, and I am hoping to show how illustrations may shed light on the artist’s reading of a text.