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• Foreword (Myth & Magic: The Art of John Howe) • essay by Peter Jackson (film director)
• Afterword (Myth & Magic: The Art of John Howe) • essay by Alan Lee
• 1 •  Celtic Myth • (1999) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Chronicles of Amber 2000)
• 3 •  Bag End Hallway • (1995) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 4 •  Sam and Shelob • interior artwork by John Howe
• 6 •  Groud • interior artwork by John Howe
• 8 •  Knight on Airplane Wing • interior artwork by John Howe
• 8 •  Cigarette Pinnochio • interior artwork by John Howe
• 9 •  Gandalf & the Balrog • interior artwork by John Howe
• 10 •  LotR logo • interior artwork by John Howe
• 10 •  Jade logo • interior artwork by John Howe
• 10 •  La Navir Spatiale • interior artwork by John Howe
• 10 •  Man on Yak • interior artwork by John Howe
• 10 •  The Road to Dunwich • interior artwork by John Howe
• 11 •  Raymondin & Melusine • interior artwork by John Howe
• 11 •  Chevaliers • interior artwork by John Howe
• 11 •  The Isle of Apples • interior artwork by John Howe
• 12 •  Sagittarius: Dana Howe • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Brandende Man 2005)
• 12 •  Grendel, The Enchanted World Series • interior artwork by John Howe
• 13 •  Skull still life • interior artwork by John Howe
• 14 •  Fingolfin's Challenge (detail) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 16 •  The Silmerillinn cover • interior artwork by John Howe
• 17 •  The Fall of Gondolin • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Silmarillion 1992)
• 18 •  The Lord of Waters • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth 1996)
• 20 •  The Battle of Gondolin • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Book of Lost Tales: Part I 1992)
• 20 •  The Doors of Night • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Book of Lost Tales Part II 1992)
• 21 •  Fingolfin's Challenge • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Lays of Beleriand 1993)
• 21 •  The Fifth Gate of Gondolin • interior artwork by John Howe
• 21 •  Edhellond • interior artwork by John Howe
• 21 •  The White Towers • interior artwork by John Howe
• 22 •  Glorfindel & the Balrog • interior artwork by John Howe
• 22 •  The White Tower of Elwing • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Lost Road and Other Writings (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 5) unknown)
• 22 •  The Siege of Angband • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Shaping of Middle-Earth 1995)
• 22 •  Angband • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of The Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North (top))
• 24 •  Attack on Gondolin • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Map of Tolkien's Beleriand and the Lands to the North 1999)
• 26 •  Melkor Calls Forth Ungoliante • interior artwork by John Howe
• 27 •  Turambar and Glorund • interior artwork by John Howe
• 27 •  Dragon's Curse • interior artwork by John Howe
• 27 •  The Sea • interior artwork by John Howe
• 28 •  The Drowning of Anadûnê • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Sauron Defeated 1995)
• 30 •  The Killing of the Trees • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Morgoth's Ring 1994)
• 30 •  El Anillo de Morgoth • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Morgoth's Ring 1994)
• 30 •  Nienor and Glaurung • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The War of the Jewels 1995)
• 30 •  The Ship of the Dark • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Peoples of Middle-Earth 1997)
• 32 •  Myth & Magic • interior artwork by John Howe
• 34 •  Cathedrale • (1994) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 34 •  Cathedrale [2] • (1994) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 35 •  Cathedrale [3] • (1994) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 35 •  Cathedrale [4] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 36 •  Jack and the Beanstalk • interior artwork by John Howe
• 37 •  The Giant's Realm • interior artwork by John Howe
• 37 •  Rip van Winkle • (1991) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Rip Van Winkle 1988)
• 38 •  Armure de Centaure, dite de Chiron • interior artwork by John Howe
• 38 •  Armure de Centaure, dite de Chiron 2 • interior artwork by John Howe
• 38 •  (Rhino Armour 2) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 39 •  (Rhino Armour 1) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 40 •  L'Homme qui Allumait les Etoiles • interior artwork by John Howe
• 40 •  L'Homme qui Allumait les Etoiles [2] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 41 •  Le Musicien de L'Ombre • interior artwork by John Howe
• 41 •  Le Musicien de L'Ombre [2] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 42 •  Spinner of Maelstroms • interior artwork by John Howe
• 44 • A Diversity of Dragons • essay by Anne McCaffrey
• 44 •  Lancelot • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for John Howe Fantasy Art Workshop)
• 45 •  Universe • interior artwork by John Howe
• 45 •  Melusine • interior artwork by John Howe
• 45 •  Nidhoggr • interior artwork by John Howe
• 46 •  Beowulf and Grendel • interior artwork by John Howe
• 46 •  The Glass Dragon cover • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Glass Dragon 1994)
• 46 •  Beowulf and Grendel [2] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 47 •  The Red Cross and the Dragon • interior artwork by John Howe
• 47 •  Galapagos • interior artwork by John Howe
• 48 •  Myth & Magic: The Art of John Howe • interior artwork by John Howe
• 48 •  Myth & Magic: The Art of John Howe [2] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 49 •  Myth & Magic: The Art of John Howe [3] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 49 •  The Last of the Dragons • interior artwork by John Howe
• 49 •  Myth & Magic: The Art of John Howe [4] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 50 •  St. George & the Dragon • interior artwork by John Howe
• 52 •  The Knight with the Lion: The Story of Yvain cover • (1996) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 52 •  Knights • (1995) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 52 •  The Knight with the Lion: The Story of Yvain • interior artwork by John Howe
• 52 •  The Knight with the Lion: The Story of Yvain [2] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 53 •  Lancelot [2] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 53 •  The Knight Battles Two Giants • interior artwork by John Howe
• 54 •  The Fisherman and His Wife • interior artwork by John Howe
• 54 •  The Edge of the World • interior artwork by John Howe
• 54 •  Myth & Magic: The Art of John Howe [5] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 55 •  Meeting God • interior artwork by John Howe
• 55 •  Tiger, the Mystery of Greenwood • interior artwork by John Howe
• 55 •  La Guerre du Feu • interior artwork by John Howe
• 55 •  Rana-la-Menthe • interior artwork by John Howe
• 56 •  The Abandoned City • interior artwork by John Howe
• 56 •  The Abandoned City [2] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 58 •  The Abandoned City [3] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 58 •  The Abandoned City [4] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 58 •  The Abandoned City [5] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 59 •  The Abandoned City [6] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 60 •  Map of Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' • (1995) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 62 •  Bilbo • interior artwork by John Howe
• 62 •  Gollum • interior artwork by John Howe
• 62 •  Bilbo with Beorn • interior artwork by John Howe
• 62 •  Bilbo with Thorin • interior artwork by John Howe
• 63 •  The Great Goblin • (1998) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 64 •  An Unexpected Party • (1995) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 66 •  Smaug sketch • interior artwork by John Howe
• 67 •  Smaug • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Hobbit 1991)
• 68 •  Roac, Son of Carc sketch • interior artwork by John Howe
• 68 •  Roac, Son of Carc • interior artwork by John Howe
• 68 •  Gollum sketch • interior artwork by John Howe
• 69 •  Lonely Mountain vignette • interior artwork by John Howe
• 69 •  The Trolls sketch • interior artwork by John Howe
• 69 •  Gandalf Upon Gwaihir sketch • interior artwork by John Howe
• 69 •  Bag End sketch • interior artwork by John Howe
• 70 •  The Death of Smaug • (1998) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 72 •  Smaug Awakes (3-D) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of Smaug Awakes 1999)
• 73 •  Spiders of Mirkwood (3-D) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of Spiders of Mirkwood 1999)
• 73 •  The Battle of the Five Armies (3-D) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of The Battle of the Five Armies 1999)
• 74 •  A Hobbit Dwelling • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for There and Back Again: The Map of the Hobbit 1995)
• 76 •  The Ring of Five Dragons • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Ring of Five Dragons)
• 78 •  Assassin's Apprentice • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Assassin's Apprentice 1995)
• 80 •  Ship of Magic • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Ship of Magic 1998)
• 80 •  Assassin's Quest • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Assassin's Quest 1997)
• 81 •  Royal Assassin • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Royal Assassin 1996)
• 81 •  The Mad Ship • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Mad Ship 1999)
• 82 •  Assassin's Apprentice proof • interior artwork by John Howe
• 82 •  Ship of Destiny • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Ship of Destiny 2000)
• 83 •  Fool's Errand • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Fool's Errand)
• 84 •  The Once and Future King • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Once and Future King 1996)
• 85 •  Castle Fantastic cover • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Castle Fantastic 1996)
• 85 •  Elf Fantastic • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Elf Fantastic 1997)
• 85 •  Wizard Fantastic cover • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Wizard Fantastic 1997)
• 86 •  Thunder Oak cover • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Thunder Oak 1997)
• 86 •  Windjammer Run cover • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Windjammer Run 1999)
• 86 •  A Midsummer's Nightmare cover • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for A Midsummer's Nightmare 1997)
• 86 •  Castle Storm • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Castle Storm 1998)
• 87 •  The Sword and the Lion • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Sword and the Lion 1993)
• 87 •  The Cygnet & the Firebird • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Cygnet and the Firebird 1993)
• 88 •  Dark Heart • interior artwork by John Howe
• 89 •  Winter of the Raven • (1994) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 89 •  Earthdawn: Throal, the Dwarf Kingdom • (1996) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 89 •  Grailquest: Kingdom of Horror • interior artwork by John Howe
• 90 • Robert Holdstock • essay by Robert Holdstock
• 90 •  Gate of Ivory • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Gate of Ivory 1998)
• 91 •  Mythago Wood • (1998) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Mythago Wood)
• 92 •  Merlin l'enchanteur • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of Merlin the Enchanter 1989)
• 92 •  Conan • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Conan Chronicles Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon)
• 92 •  Pearl & Sir Orfeo cover • (1997) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Pearl and Sir Orfeo)
• 93 •  Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo • (1996) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo)
• 93 •  Finn & Hengest • (1998) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of Finn and Hengest)
• 94 •  Sword in the Storm cover • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Sword in the Storm 1998)
• 94 •  Sword in the Storm • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Sword in the Storm 1998)
• 94 •  Winter Warriors • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Winter Warriors 1997)
• 96 •  Echoes of the Great Song cover • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Echoes of the Great Song 1997)
• 96 •  Echoes of the Great Song • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Echoes of the Great Song 1997)
• 98 •  Chimeras • (1992) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Chimeras)
• 98 •  Persistence of Vision • interior artwork by John Howe
• 98 •  Pluto in the Morning Light • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Pluto in the Morning Light 1992)
• 99 •  The Secret Sharer • (1993) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Secret Sharer)
• 99 •  Altaïr 13 • interior artwork by John Howe
• 100 •  Trader cover • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Trader 1997)
• 100 •  Memory and Dream • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Memory and Dream 1994)
• 101 •  Into the Green • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Into the Green 1993)
• 102 •  The 4th Coming • interior artwork by John Howe
• 102 •  The Wandering Fire • (1991) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Wandering Fire 1992)
• 102 •  A Song for Arbonne • (1993) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for A Song for Arbonne)
• 102 •  The Wanderer • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Wanderer)
• 103 •  A Song for Arbonne [2] • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for A Song for Arbonne 1992)
• 104 •  The Cup of Morning Shadows • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Cup of Morning Shadows 1995)
• 104 •  The Sword of Maiden's Tears • (1995) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Sword of Maiden's Tears 1994)
• 104 •  Tower of the King's Daughter • (1998) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Tower of the King's Daughter)
• 104 •  Born of Elven Blood • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for Born of Elven Blood 1995)
• 104 •  The Dragon-Charmer • (2000) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Dragon-Charmer)
• 105 •  The Amber Spyglass • interior artwork by John Howe
• 106 •  Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings board game • interior artwork by John Howe
• 108 •  Shire (vignette) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 108 •  Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings board game • interior artwork by John Howe
• 108 •  Gollum (vignette) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 109 •  Gandalf Returns to Bag End • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Return of the Shadow 1994)
• 109 •  Black Riders in the Shire • interior artwork by John Howe
• 110 •  Gandalf the Grey • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Lord of the Rings 1992)
• 112 •  The Black Rider • interior artwork by John Howe
• 112 •  Old Man Willow • interior artwork by John Howe
• 112 •  Old Man Willow pencil sketch • interior artwork by John Howe
• 113 •  Descent to Rivendell • interior artwork by John Howe
• 113 •  Rivendell • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Fellowship of the Ring 2002)
• 113 •  At the Ford • interior artwork by John Howe
• 114 •  Gandalf Enters Dol Guldur • interior artwork by John Howe
• 114 •  Horseman in the Night • interior artwork by John Howe
• 114 •  Escape from Orthanc • interior artwork by John Howe
• 115 •  Gollum Flees the Elves of Mirkwood • interior artwork by John Howe
• 116 •  Road to Caradhras • interior artwork by John Howe
• 116 •  The Watcher in the Water • interior artwork by John Howe
• 116 •  Moria Gate sketch • interior artwork by John Howe
• 116 •  Moria Gate watercolor • interior artwork by John Howe
• 117 •  Under the Blow • interior artwork by John Howe
• 117 •  Bridge of Khazad-dûm • interior artwork by John Howe
• 118 •  Moria • interior artwork by John Howe
• 120 •  Gandalf & the Balrog • interior artwork by John Howe
• 120 •  Gandalf Falls with the Balrog • interior artwork by John Howe
• 120 •  Galadriel • interior artwork by John Howe
• 121 •  The Argonath • interior artwork by John Howe
• 122 •  The Dark Tower • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Two Towers 1991)
• 123 •  Uruk-hai • interior artwork by John Howe
• 123 •  The Nameless Isle • interior artwork by John Howe
• 123 •  The Lord of the Rings cover • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Two Towers 1991)
• 123 •  Treebeard • interior artwork by John Howe
• 124 •  Edoras • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Treason of Isengard 1995)
• 124 •  Theoden • interior artwork by John Howe
• 124 •  Arwen • interior artwork by John Howe
• 124 •  Boromir • interior artwork by John Howe
• 124 •  Zirakzigil • interior artwork by John Howe
• 126 •  Legolas and Gimli • interior artwork by John Howe
• 126 •  Mumak of Harad • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The War of the Ring 1992)
• 126 •  Helm's Deep • interior artwork by John Howe
• 127 •  Shelob's Lair • interior artwork by John Howe
• 127 •  Shelob About to Leap on Frodo • interior artwork by John Howe
• 128 •  Gandalf Approaches the Guarded City • interior artwork by John Howe
• 128 •  Gandalf Approaches the Guarded City [2] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 128 •  Minas Tirith • interior artwork by John Howe
• 128 •  Gandalf Before Minas Tirith (vignette) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 129 •  The Return of the King cover • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Return of the King)
• 129 •  Minas Tirith • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Return of the King)
• 129 •  Eowyn and the Nazgûl • interior artwork by John Howe
• 129 •  Dark Tower vignette • interior artwork by John Howe
• 130 •  The Siege of Gondor • interior artwork by John Howe
• 132 •  The Lieutenant of the Black Tower • interior artwork by John Howe
• 132 •  In Mordor • interior artwork by John Howe
• 132 •  In Mordor pencil sketch • interior artwork by John Howe
• 133 •  Mordor • interior artwork by John Howe
• 133 •  In Mordor pencil sketch [2] • interior artwork by John Howe
• 133 •  Mount Doom (detail) • interior artwork by John Howe
• 134 •  The Grey Havens • interior artwork by John Howe
• 134 •  The End of the Third Age • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The End of the Third Age 1998)
• 135 •  Frodo Faces the Ringwraith on Amon Hen • interior artwork by John Howe
• 136 •  Fifteenth-Century Italian Armor • interior artwork by uncredited
• 137 •  Boar Hunting • interior artwork by uncredited
• 138 •  Fourteenth-Century Archer • interior artwork by uncredited
• 138 •  Fourteenth-Century Archer [2] • interior artwork by uncredited
• 139 •  Soldier from Canton Uri • interior artwork by uncredited
• 139 •  After a Hot Afternoon of Photos • interior artwork by uncredited
• bc •  Myth & Magic: The Art of John Howe [6] • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of Gandalf & the Balrog)