Feb 27, 2019
Whereas Tolkien’s brilliance as a world-builder and storyteller is
well-established, fewer persons are conscious of simply how distinctive (and
obsessive) his artistic course of was, or that he was a gifted visible
artist. That’s altering due to an unprecedented exhibition of
Tolkien’s private objects, manuscripts and artworks, Tolkien:
Maker of Center-Earth, presently on show on the Morgan
Library in Manhattan.
John McQuillen, Assistant Curator on the Morgan Library, and
Holly Ordway, creator of the upcoming research Tolkien’s Trendy
Sources, be a part of me to debate the exhibition, which sheds gentle
on Tolkien’s use of visible artwork to assist him solidify his literary
imaginative and prescient, the function his tales and artworks performed in his household
life, and (maybe stunning to many who view Tolkien as a
conservative fuddy-duddy) his willingness to attract on an eclectic
vary of sources, together with distinctly trendy ones, to boost his
artistic expression.
Hyperlinks
Tolkien: Maker of Center-Earth on the Morgan (view
chosen pictures from the exhibition) https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/tolkien
The exhibition e-book, Tolkien: Maker of Center-Earth by
Catherine McIlwaine
https://www.amazon.com/Tolkien-Maker-Center-earth-Catherine-McIlwaine/dp/1851244859
Holly Ordway http://www.hollyordway.com/
Sheen Middle for Thought & Tradition https://www.sheencenter.org/
Previous Tolkien-related episodes
Episode 15: On-line Schooling with The Tolkien Professor—Corey
Olsen https://www.catholicculture.org/podcast/index.cfm?id=15
Episode 16: Extraordinarily Particular Center-earth Q&A with The
Tolkien Professor—Corey Olsen https://www.catholicculture.org/podcast/index.cfm?id=16
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