The Art of The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Art of The Return of the King, by Gary Russell, is a complete guide to the art direction of Peter Jackson’s 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, telling the process of all behind-the-scenes conceptualization up to the computer-effects stage. It was published in 2004 by Houghton Mifflin (US), and contains hundreds of exclusive preliminary sketches, paintings, and designs.
This book follows The Art of The Two Towers and The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring.
== Contents ==
The text of this guide is commentary by members of Wētā Workshop and Weta Digital, and by commissioned illustrators such as Alan Lee, Ben Wootten, Jeremy Bennett, Daniel Falconer, and John Howe. Each bit of commentary accompanies the sketch, Matte painting sculpture, maquette, color study, digital art-piece, armor concept, or costume that said member was involved with. Each chapter presents the process gone through for cinematically rendering a certain region of Middle-earth and its related characters or buildings.
Some illustrations and images of conceptual artwork in The Art of The Return of the King appear also in Weapons and Warfare (a book written by the editor, Chris Smith). Other images are exclusive to this book. 
=== Sections ===
*Ithilien
*Minas Tirith
*Dunharrow & The Paths of the Dead
*Minas Morgul
*The Siege of Gondor
*Shelob's Lair
*Cirith Ungol
*The Pelennor Fields
*The Black Gates
*Mordor
=== Personnel featured ===
*Alan Lee
*Three Foot Six Art Department
*Daniel Falconer
*Ngila Dickson
*Ben Wootten
*John Howe
*Warren Mahy
*Paul Lasaine
*Karen Jeong
*Dylan Cole
*Jeremy Bennett
*Max Dennison
*Sacha Lees
*Roger Kupelian
*Jamie Beswarick
*Shaun Bolton
*Sourisak Chanpaseuth
*Gus Hunter
*Christian Rivers
*Ronn Brown
*Johnny Brough
== Translations ==
Foreign Language	Translated name
Danish 	Filmguide: Grafikken i "Kongen vender tilbage"
== See also ==
*The Return of the King Visual Companion
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