The Elves were Middle-earth's version of a technologically advanced society - "Their 'magic' is Art," as Tolkien said in a ...

Tolkien art trivia His first illustration dated 1915 was The Shores of Faery dated May 1915 which depicted Kor, the city of Elves in Valinor Tolkien learned to draw and paint form his mother, and ...

Italy’s Culture Ministry has opened a curious show dedicated to the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien — and perhaps a new front in the culture wars. It’s “beautiful.” Just ask the prime ...

J.R.R Tolkien's The Lords of the Rings history book, The Silmarillion, is getting a fully-illustrated edition for the first time ever.

Ismael Cruz Córdova plays a Silvan Elf new to J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology and Morfydd Clark is Galadriel all over in "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power." It wasn't just baby Sauron who ...

In the 1950s, Tolkien wrote the version that Christopher chose for The Silmarillion, in which it was generally believed that the first orcs were corrupted elves.