{"id":82012,"date":"2013-11-09T23:15:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T04:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=82012"},"modified":"2013-11-09T23:15:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T04:15:22","slug":"donato-giancolas-huor-and-hurin-approaching-gondolin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/11\/09\/82012-donato-giancolas-huor-and-hurin-approaching-gondolin\/","title":{"rendered":"Donato Giancola’s Huor and Hurin Approaching Gondolin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"gondolin-donato\"<\/a>TORn’s good friend and artist extraordinaire Donato Giancola, who was part of TORn’s art show in Los Angeles last February<\/a>,\u00a0has recently completed a new masterpiece: a commissioned painting showing a scene from The Silmarillion<\/em>, when Huor and his brother Hurin are rescued by eagles.\u00a0 The work is huge – roughly 9 foot by 6 foot! – and perfectly showcases Giancola’s skill in capturing landscape and living beings alike.\u00a0 (The image of Donato himself sitting in front of the painting gives you an idea of the scale of the piece!)\u00a0 The majestic scenery is breathtaking, with beautiful play of light and shadow over the mountains and the valley floor.\u00a0 The patches of glimmering snow on the peaks in the foreground of the picture are mirrored in the white towers of Gondolin,which\u00a0gleam ‘like … spike[s] of pearl and silver’.<\/p>\n

You can read about Giancola’s inspiration for his work – from artists in the Hudson River School of landscape painters, for example – at his website, here<\/a>.\u00a0 You can also see more of his incredible\u00a0Tolkien paintings in his book, Middle-earth: Visions of a Modern Myth<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Tolkien isn’t the only writer who inspires Giancola; readers who are fans\u00a0of George R R Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire<\/em> can look forward to a calendar in 2014, for which Giancola will create 12 new paintings inspired by that world.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, enjoy Huor and Hurin Approaching Gondolin<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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