- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (23 July 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007312687
- ISBN-13: 978-0007312689
- Product Dimensions: 30.2 x 29.8 x 0.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 318,871 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘How, given little over half a century of work, did one man become the creative equivalent of a people?’
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‘Demanding to be compared with English mythologies… at times rises to the greatness of true myth’
Financial Times
‘A creation of singular beauty… magnificent in its best moments’
Washington Post
‘A grim, tragic, brooding and beautiful book, shot through with heroism and hope… its power is almost that of mysticism’
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The official Tolkien calendar, this year containing 16 magnificent landscape paintings by renowned artist Ted Nasmith, selected from ‘The Lord of the Rings’ by J.R.R. Tolkien, and featuring several brand new works of art.
The Tolkien Calendar has become an established publishing event, eagerly looked forward to by Tolkien fans the world over; there is much demand for the annual calendar, with Tolkien calendars from the past 30 years becoming collectors’ items. This year’s continues in that tradition and is the perfect Christmas gift for lovers of fine fantasy art.
The Tolkien Calendar 2010 features 16 of the finest landscape paintings from Ted Nasmith, acclaimed Tolkien jacket artist and creator of the illustrated Silmarillion. The paintings are inspired by Tolkien’s classic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, and this dramatic and beautiful portfolio of work will form the perfect complement to the 2009 Calendar, which featured the landscapes of The Silmarillion. These works are accompanied by a number of brand new paintings, including some inspired by The Hobbit and Unfinished Tales.
From the moonlight poignancy of “Last Sight of Hobbiton”, and the elegant grandeur of “Rivendell”, to the lightning-ravaged desolation of “Across Gorgoroth”, this superlative collection takes the reader of a breathtaking journey through the beauty and drama of Middle-earth. It represents the very finest works by the artist, and promises to be a truly memorable calendar.
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I have to agree with the other one star reviews, this artist as well as being untalented does not seem to appreciate Tolkiens works in the same way I do.
I did buy it as well as the 2011 version but have not this year even unwrapped it, and still turn the pages of my 2010 calendar which hangs on my wall.
I would have thought that the publishers would have learned from the reception of the 2011 calender and corrected their mistake, but sadly, no.
I guess we will all have to live in hope that they come to their senses before 2013.
I did buy it as well as the 2011 version but have not this year even unwrapped it, and still turn the pages of my 2010 calendar which hangs on my wall.
I would have thought that the publishers would have learned from the reception of the 2011 calender and corrected their mistake, but sadly, no.
I guess we will all have to live in hope that they come to their senses before 2013.
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Well Cor Blok had a definite idea back when he created all this material based on The Lord of the Rings. For a sixth form art project, I'd be halfway impressed.
The use of materials is interesting, though I suspect more as an art experiment in itself than in achieving something a fan of Tolkien want to see. The minimalism is also defensible -- in seeking to avoid distracting the viewer with mere detail; but what's left once detail, perspective, accurate proportions etc. have been jettisoned is not purer or truer, it's just facile.
The results _might_ be thought-provoking to the viewer, but probably not much. And the experiment fails when e.g. Aragorn is the stick figure identifiable by his cowboy hat and full beard, and Gollum is identifiable by being the one that is essentially a duck.
I'm not surprised that the calendar-commissioning powers that be have managed to avoid using it until now -- when they presumably had no other option.
The use of materials is interesting, though I suspect more as an art experiment in itself than in achieving something a fan of Tolkien want to see. The minimalism is also defensible -- in seeking to avoid distracting the viewer with mere detail; but what's left once detail, perspective, accurate proportions etc. have been jettisoned is not purer or truer, it's just facile.
The results _might_ be thought-provoking to the viewer, but probably not much. And the experiment fails when e.g. Aragorn is the stick figure identifiable by his cowboy hat and full beard, and Gollum is identifiable by being the one that is essentially a duck.
I'm not surprised that the calendar-commissioning powers that be have managed to avoid using it until now -- when they presumably had no other option.
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Oh no, not again!
I am so disappointed that HarperCollins has published back-to-back Cor Blok illustrated calendars. I know he was Tolkien's favourite artist, but art is a matter of personal taste. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Ishtar of Babylon
Not for the Tolkien traditionalist?
I don't want to presuppose anything here, but I think this calendar might split opinion. Personally I like the pictures on offer and I like the illustrator's quirkily original take... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Cardew Robinson
Tolkien 2012 calendar - yuk!
One star is way too generous. A dreadful repeat of last year's mistake. Tolkien may have liked Cor Blok, but why anyone else would is a mystery. Read more
Published 5 months ago by maltking
Should be no stars
Well I thought the 2011 calendar was pants and I didn't buy it. Guess what - I won't be buying this one either. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. A. I. Callowhill
USA Calendar Version
Just opened this calendar and it seems to be a USA version. Gives USA notable dates, but does not show UK Bank Holidays, and when the clocks change are not the UK dates.
Published 6 months ago by Annie
jrr tolkin calander
every year my nephew recieves his calalnder as these are collectable he just looks at them and puts them a way, this year the drawings remind us of the MOOMINS, very diffrent to... Read more
Published 6 months ago by sukismum
Tolkien Calendar 2012
I will be buying this calendar as I have the whole collection, but I am really disappointed with these paintings. Read more
Published 7 months ago by dm
Dreadful Garbage
It beggars belief that this artist has been chosen to supply the artwork for the Tolkien Calendar when there are so many good artists out there. Why? Read more
Published 8 months ago by Jim Kirkwood
Oh no, not again.
So after the abomination that was Cor Block's 2011 calendar, it seems that we will be "treated" to his child-like "artistry" again in 2012. Surely NOT by popular demand. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Brian Damage
Perfect Gift
I bought this as a stocking filler for my son (he's 30!!) and he absolutely loved it. I find it is getting harder and harder to find current LOTR merchandise and so was well... Read more
Published 9 months ago by C. Dul
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