Super new Silm

Moralanqua · Joined: 11 May 2003 Posts: 1051 Location: Scotland

According to the old arty dude, there is a new Silm due out with more art and its 'expanded'... What do we make of this?

Cover for upcoming 'Revised' Silmarillion
Posted by: locksley on Sunday, June 20, 2004 - 09:42 PM
literarynews
Tolkien artist Ted Nasmith has revealed the gorgeous cover for the 'revised' Silmarillion, called 'White Ships of Valinor':

TedNasmith.com

T. Nasmith writes:
"Here, in advance of its publication, is the cover jacket (front) for the new expanded illustrated Silmarillion. The painting is called White Ships From Valinor, and it also will appear inside the book. It was very gratifying to finally do this painting, after identifying it as a possible theme some 8 years ago. In the accounts of Numenor, it's mentioned that during its golden age, ships from Valinor would sail to Andunie, the westernmost city on the island, bearing gifts and trade from the Teleri of Eressea and Tirion.
Originally, my idea was to take a view looking out to sea at the approaching ships from the hill of the Tower of Tar Palantir, but realized it would too closely resemble the composition of The Eagles of Manwe. The advantage, moreover, of looking in towards the land from the ships, allowed the depiction of a part of Numenor, a land and time still largely unexplored by artists. The result was thought so successful that it was chosen as the work to place on the cover."