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 Jackson's trilogy adaptation of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.

This lavish volume follows Bilbo, Gandalf and Thorin's Company of Dwarves eastward, through hitherto 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 environments, cultures, creatures and artefacts encountered by the characters, its 224 pages are filled with more than 1,000 stunning images of conceptual art, supplementary photographs and detailed commentary provided by the film's cast and crew.

The book showcases art by the film's concept art directors Alan Lee and John Howe, alongside work by other artists from: Weta Workshop Weta Digital 3 Foot 7 Art Department 3 Foot 7 Costume Department 3 Foot 7 Make-up Department

It truly is a unique opportunity to see artwork by a wide range of artists across a multitude of disciplines in the film-making community of Wellington, New Zealand and to hear directly from them about the inspiration behind their work. In addition to artist quotes, cast members reflect on the work and share insights into their involvement in the design process.

The book includes an introduction by The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug's concept art director Alan Lee and a foreword by the film's set decorator Ra Vincent. As a bonus feature, unique to this book, there is a special fold-out replica of the

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