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12-19-2010, 09:29 AM
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Blossom of Dwimordene
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Henri Rousseau "Eclaireurs attaques par un tigre" aka Huan and Carcharot's fight
 Pretend that the tiget is a wolf, and the horse (is it a horse?) is a dog. It all works! And you can even see Beren lying there  Edit: sorry, I can't post the actual image for some reason.
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12-19-2010, 04:48 PM
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Intriguing choice, G55! It doesn't look too good for Huan and Beren, which is quite fitting, since both of them died in that fight; and the tiger has that crazy stare, just like Carcharoth driven mad by the Silmaril.
Interesting parallel, too: Both Tolkien and Rousseau were non-professional artists (one as a writer, the other as a painter) whose works breathe an atmosphere of dreamlike enchantment; both were ridiculed by academic critics during most of their lifetime, but were widely recognized and became very influential later. Quote:
1. Right-click on the picture you'd like to post and select 'copy picture address' (or whatever it's called in English). 2. Go to your post window, click on the 'Insert Image' icon above the text box (the one that looks like a postcard of the pyramids, left of the 'Quote' Icon), and paste the URL of your pic into the pop-up window. That worked for me.
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12-19-2010, 05:32 PM
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Blossom of Dwimordene
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That's what I did, but the picture still didn't show up. My computer just doesn't like me, that's all!
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12-19-2010, 07:25 PM
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Relic of Wandering Days
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From Gandalf's account of what happened on Celebdil as it appears in The White Rider, (sans the smoke, vapor and ice like rain and with an excess of balrogs)
 . The Torment of Saint Anthony by Michelangelo, painted after the engraving by Martin Schongauer. Another work that shouts Gandalf...  Saint Anthony by Albrecht Durer |
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12-23-2010, 11:36 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Online art gallery of works 'inspired' by Tolkien
People on this thread might be amused to look at this link:
http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/gallery/gallery.htm It's an online art gallery of familiar works, but which are said to be specifically inspired by Tolkien! 
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12-23-2010, 12:38 PM
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Blossom of Dwimordene
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This picture, "The Joy of Life" by Henry Matisse, clearly illustrates the Waters of Awakening. It's a bit inappropriate, but let's blame it on Matisse.
Well, you see people getting up, and there's water in the background, and the people aren't really...*whats-the-right-word*...civilized? - *nah, bad word* 
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You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera Last edited by Galadriel55; 12-24-2010 at 08:32 PM. |
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