Images of Middle-Earth was an international Tolkien

Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien

The works of J. R. R. Tolkien have served as the inspiration topainters, musicians, film-makers and writers, to such an extent that Tolkien is sometimes seen as the "father" of the entire genre of high fantasy. The production of such derivative works is sometimes of doubtful legality, because...

 art exhibition

Art exhibition

Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which art objects meet an audience. The exhibit is universally understood to be for some temporary period unless, as is rarely true, it is stated to be a "permanent exhibition". In American English, they may be called "exhibit", "exposition" or...

 that started in Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 including more than 170 artworks.

The exhibition was first held in August 2002 at the Agolanti Fortress, Riccione

Riccione

Riccione is a comune in the Province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. As of 2007 Riccione had an estimated population of 34,868.-History:...

. It continued on to Forlì

Forlì

Forlì is a comune and city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. The city is situated along the Via Emilia, to the right of the Montone river, and is an important agricultural centre...

, Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, Ancona

Ancona

Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....

, Forlì

Forlì

Forlì is a comune and city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. The city is situated along the Via Emilia, to the right of the Montone river, and is an important agricultural centre...

, and San Daniele del Friuli

San Daniele del Friuli

San Daniele del Friuli is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km northwest of Udine....

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In 2004, over 70 new pieces were acquired, and the exhibition visited Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, Trani

Trani

Trani is a seaport of Apulia, southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, in the new Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani , and 40 km by railway West-Northwest of Bari.- History :...

, Bari

Bari

Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...

, Gdańsk

Gdansk

Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...

 and Wrocław in Poland

Poland

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, and Riolo Terme

Riolo Terme

Riolo Terme is a comune in the Province of Ravenna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 40 km southeast of Bologna and about 40 km southwest of Ravenna....

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In 2005, the exhibition was held at Imola

Imola

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Artists

• Rob Alexander (USA)
• Randy Asplund (USA)
• Ralph Bakshi
  Ralph Bakshi
  Ralph Bakshi is an Israeli-American director of animated and live-action films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, five of which he wrote...
  
   (USA)
• Giorgio Baldessin (IT)
• Stefano Baldo (IT)
• Maura Boldi (IT)
• Ivan Cavini (IT)
• Catherine Karina Chmiel
  Catherine Karina Chmiel
  Catherine Karina Chmiel-Gugulska is a Polish artist and illustrator who has created drawings and pictures on many different subjects. Her most notable work are likely those which depict and accompany the works of J. R. R. Tolkien...
  
   (POL)
• Lode Claes (BE)
• Tom Cross (USA)
• Elizabeth Danforth (USA)
• Maria Distefano (IT)
• Anke Katrin Eißmann
  Anke Katrin Eißmann
  Anke Katrin Eißmann is a German illustrator and graphic designer known for her illustrations of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. She studied visual communication at Bauhaus University in Weimar and at the Colchester Institute in the United Kingdom. Eißmann has also made a number of short films...
  
   (GE)
• Peter Gaber (SLO)
• Tony Galuidi (UK)
• Roger Garland (UK)
• Patrick Gely (FR)
• Donato Giancola
  Donato Giancola
  Donato Giancola is an American artist specializing in science fiction and fantasy illustration.-Biography:Donato Giancola was born in 1967 and raised in Colchester, Vermont, near Burlington, Vermont...
  
   (USA)
• Stephen Hickman
  Stephen Hickman
  Stephen Hickman is an award-winning American artist, illustrator, sculptor and author. He is best known for his work in science fiction and fantasy with over 350 book and magazine covers to his credit. His efforts have brought an extra dimension to the stories of Robert A. Heinlein, H. P....
  
   (USA)
• Greg Hildebrandt and Tim Hildebrandt (USA)
• Diego Iaconfcic (IT)
• Nicholas Jainschigg (USA)
• Mikel Janin (SP)
• Timoleon Kouimtzoglou (GR)
• Alan Lee (UK)
• April Lee (USA)
• Alessio Leoncini
• Capucine Mazille (FR)
• Angus McBride
  Angus McBride
  Angus McBride was an English historical and fantasy illustrator.Born in London to Highland Scots parents, Angus McBride was orphaned as a child when his mother died when he was five, and his father in World War Two when he was twelve. He was educated at the Canterbury Cathedral Choir School...
  
   (SA)
• Denis Medri (IT)
• Luca Michelucci (IT)
• Angelo Montanini (IT)
• Ted Nasmith
  Ted Nasmith
  Ted Nasmith is a Canadian artist, illustrator and architectural renderer. He is best known as an illustrator of J. R. R. Tolkien's works — The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion....
  
   (CA)
• Anton Spazzapan (SLO)
• Danny Staten (USA)
• Roger Thomasson (SW)
• Stephen Walsh
  Stephen Walsh
  Stephen Walsh PC was a British miner, trade unionist and Labour Party politician.-Background:Born in Liverpool, Walsh became an orphan at a very young age...
  
   (UK)
• David Wenzel
  David Wenzel
  David T. Wenzel is an illustrator and children's book artist. He is best known for his graphic novel adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.-Biography:...
  
  
• David Wyatt
  David Wyatt
  Davit Wyatt is an English commercial artist. Born in Northampton, he was adopted and raised in West Sussex. As a child, he learnt to play the piano; however, his interest in reading and drawing combined into a love of comics....
  
   (UK)
• Pascal Yung (FR)