Alan Lee is an amazing artist (introduced in this post). He is the reason I acquired Castles.
Castles is an art book covering the structures of myth (Norse mythology, giants, faeries), romance (King Arthur, Charlemagne, the Rhine Castles), and fantasy (from literature, fairy tales, and modern works like Gormenghast and Lord of the Rings). Interspersed with Lee's masterful pencil drawings and watercolors is text by David Day providing the background of a given picture. This is a one- or two-sitting 'read,' and I highly recommend it for the evocative, haunting, and beautiful artwork alone. Examples follow.
Rating: A
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