FALCONER, DANIEL / VINCENT, RA
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Chronicles: Art & Design explores and celebrates the creative vision of the second film in Academy Award- winning filmmaker Peter Jacksons trilogy adaptation of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.
This lavish volume follows Bilbo, Gandalf and Thorins Company of Dwarves eastward, trough hit her to unseen regions of Middle-earth, on their quest to reclaim the lost realm of Erebor from the Dragon Smaug.
Exploring the design and development of the enviroments, cultures, creatures and artifacts encountered by the characters, it is filled with more than 1.000 stunning images of conceptual art, supplementary photographs and detailed commentary provided by the films cast and crew.
As a bonus feature, unique to this book, there is a special fold-out replica of the portrait of the Master of Lake-town, played by Stephen Fry, exactly as it appears in the film.
