tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815456409511951973.post4723468107508399002..comments2024-03-26T20:34:49.123-07:00Comments on In a Hole in the Ground: Fridays at the Mathom-House: Joona KujanenLandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01377475986639770455noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815456409511951973.post-14552411635667051542012-04-19T21:56:15.865-07:002012-04-19T21:56:15.865-07:00Agreed (about the pictures, I mean . . . you can w...Agreed (about the pictures, I mean . . . you can wax poetical if you want). There is something very classical about this artist that I quite like.Landonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01377475986639770455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815456409511951973.post-28414855147969450072012-04-19T20:34:53.389-07:002012-04-19T20:34:53.389-07:00I think the use of space in Kujanen's illustra...I think the use of space in Kujanen's illustrations here is very interesting. Not only does it make the figures seem remote (and therefore a bit more romantic), but also from the artist's perspective, there's a lot of detail in a lot of the space. It draws the eye along, and makes the figures <i>almost</i> secondary, suggesting the stone and sky are far more eternal than the tragic battles occurring...<br /><br />OK, I've gone a little overly poetic, but still... :)Jess Stricklanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09974388794089833287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815456409511951973.post-89831794929909293332012-03-13T17:04:26.011-07:002012-03-13T17:04:26.011-07:00Agreed. There's some great stories about the d...Agreed. There's some great stories about the dwarves in the Silmarillion and the Appendices of LOTR, but not many people have read them . . . let alone created art about them. A pity, really.Landonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01377475986639770455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815456409511951973.post-1591378864773327842012-03-13T04:53:17.634-07:002012-03-13T04:53:17.634-07:00I love this artist's work. It really shows th...I love this artist's work. It really shows the saga of the dwarves in the most realistically gritty way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com