{"id":96970,"date":"2015-02-11T07:46:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T12:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=96970"},"modified":"2015-02-11T07:46:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T12:46:51","slug":"tolkien-art-beren-and-luthien-in-the-court-of-thingol-and-melian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2015\/02\/11\/96970-tolkien-art-beren-and-luthien-in-the-court-of-thingol-and-melian\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolkien art: Beren and Luthien in the Court of Thingol and Melian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CourtofThingolMelian-progress-1b-web.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CourtofThingolMelian-progress-1b-web-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"CourtofThingolMelian-progress-1b-web\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-96971 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CourtofThingolMelian-progress-1b-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CourtofThingolMelian-progress-1b-web-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CourtofThingolMelian-progress-1b-web-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> Artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/donato.giancola.7?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Donato Giancola<\/a> has recently begun work on a new, and very large, Tolkien-inspired painting. It depicts the moment in J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s The Silmarillion when Beren declares his love for Thingol and Melian&#8217;s dauighter and vows to undertake the quest of the Silmarils.  <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got a fabulous sneak peek of the work-in-progress for you &#8212; check it out below!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/courtofthingolmelian-prelim-donato-1200-1.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/courtofthingolmelian-prelim-donato-1200-1-1024x556.jpg\" alt=\"courtofthingolmelian-prelim-donato-1200 (1)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-96972 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/courtofthingolmelian-prelim-donato-1200-1-1024x556.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/courtofthingolmelian-prelim-donato-1200-1-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/courtofthingolmelian-prelim-donato-1200-1-600x326.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/courtofthingolmelian-prelim-donato-1200-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<b>Beren and Luthien in the court of Thingol and Melian by Donato Giancola.<\/b><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have begun a massive canvas work this past month, depicting Beren proclaiming his love for Luthien in the Court of the elf king Thingol and the Maia Melian in the Caves of Menegroth. <\/p>\n<p>Tapping into the artists Edwin Austin Abbey and Jacques Louis David for inspiration and understanding on this one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CourtofThingolMelian-progress-1-web.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CourtofThingolMelian-progress-1-web-1024x702.jpg\" alt=\"CourtofThingolMelian-progress-1-web\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-96973 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CourtofThingolMelian-progress-1-web-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CourtofThingolMelian-progress-1-web-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CourtofThingolMelian-progress-1-web-600x411.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CourtofThingolMelian-progress-1-web.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Donato Giancola has recently begun work on a new, and very large, Tolkien-inspired painting. 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