• Welcome to the Fantasy Writing Forums. Register Now to join us!

LotR as illustrated by Sergey Yuhimov

Jabrosky

Banned
I do like the medieval style of those pictures, though I'm not all that sure Middle Earth's setting was supposed to resemble that of the Middle Ages.
 

Trick

Auror
Those are in the style of religious icons. I sometimes attend a Byzantine Rite church (it's Eastern Catholic for those unfamiliar) and the whole building is decorated like that. No statutes like Roman Catholic churches. It's quite beautiful. To see Lord of the Rings illustrated that way... all I can say is that I hope Tolkien got to see them. He truly would have appreciated them, at least as a Catholic but likely also as an author.
 
Top