Donato Giancola - The Taming Of Smeagol

Masterful, strangely disturbing, vividly sexual. These things I would not usually associate with Gollum.

From Giancola’s website:

The relationship of Frodo and Gollum, the most psychological and symbolic in The Lord of the Rings, reveals a dark labyrinth of choices and split personalities. On the surface Gollum shows what Frodo could become should he succumb to the ring’s powerful temptations, but by sparing Gollum and mastering his own temptations, Frodo chooses his own salvation, both body and soul. This painting echoes Judas’ cruel and tender kiss, identifying the savior, since ultimately and unexpectedly, Frodo’s conflicted mercy leads to the unwilling sacrifice of Smeagol, which heals all Middle-earth.

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#i have seen soooo muuuuch of your shitty filmography karl urban #THE THINGS I DO FOR LOVE

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If you want him, come and claim him.

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“They took the little ones.”

#oh no #OHno #hjnoNO #NONO #NO NO NO NO

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If Sauron is defeated and Aragorn made king and all that you hope for comes true you will still have to taste the bitterness of mortality. Whether by the sword or the slow decay of time, Aragorn will die.

#’and long there he lay an image of the splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world’

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“I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

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