The last Tolkien Tuesday of the year is here, and December is also ending. But before we say goodbye to this month, I would like to sum up the first read-along I hosted this month: we read J. R. R. Tolkien’s Letters from Father Christmas. I was really looking forwards to organizing a book discussion…
Some News on Rock Art 2021 / Algunas Noticias sobre Arte Rupestre 2021
✶⋆ English Version The end of the year is coming very close, and our last post on the 4 the Love of Art series has arrived. We have introduced rock art, and have discussed some incredible sites. To finish the year, I believe it would be important to select some incredible and interesting news that…
Global Tolkien – A Roundtable
Following the interest generated by the Tolkien and Diversity panel at Oxonmoot 2020, (hosted by Sultana Raza), another panel on Global Tolkien was proposed and accepted by the Tolkien Society for Oxonmoot 2021. The idea for this panel was formed because of a troubling trend among some SFF and Tolkien enthusiasts against diversity in fandoms and interpretations of SFF…
Christmas in Fangorn
Can you feel the special atmosphere in the air? Can you smell those familiar perfumes that bring memories? Can you see all those beautiful decorations? It is almost Christmas time! Yey! Christmas is almost here, and in Books from Fangorn, we are preparing for Christmas and we are inviting you to join the celebrations! For…
A General Guide and Introduction to Rock Art / Una Guía General e Introductoria al Arte Rupestre
✶⋆ English Version Today, the 4th of November means a new post on the 4 the love of Art series. So far, we have seen three sites on pictographs. One in Chauvet, the second in Cueva de las Manos, the other in El Médano. Now, before we move deep into the world of rock art, I…
El Médano: An Insight on Marine Representations in Rock Art / El Médano: Una introducción a la representación marina en el arte rupestre
✶⋆ English Version On this “4 the Love of Art” occasion we are going to move from the Palaeolithic era and focus on exploring some fascinating rock art produced by pre-Chango cultures, located in the north of Chile. This rock art style is known as El Médano rock art style because of its location. As you…
Spooky Season’s Stories To Read and Comment • Historias de Halloween Para Leer Y Comentar – #SpookyMonstrousReading
✶⋆ English Version “This is Halloween, this is Halloween Pumpkins scream in the dead of night This is Halloween, everybody make a scene Trick or treat ’til the neighbors gonna die of fright It’s our town, everybody scream In this town of Halloween”. Spooky Season is here! Some of you might be enjoying the chill Autumn…
An observation of Handprints in Cueva de las Manos/ Una Observación de las Pinturas de Manos en Cueva de las Manos
✶⋆ English Version A new month is coming, September is here! And today, the 4th, it means that a new post from 4 the Love of Art series is coming out! In this second entry from the series, I want to introduce you to a wonderful rock art archaeological site from South America. We will explore…
The Call of the Spiders: A Feminist Reading of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Ungoliant and Shelob
At Oxonmoot 2020, I gave a talk entitled “The Call of the Spiders: A Feminist Reading of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Ungoliant and Shelob”. It aimed at analysing two of the most less considered female characters in Tolkien’s works and their possible reading from a feminist perspective. This was the abstract of my talk: “When…
The Cave of Muted Sounds – A Commentary on the Cave of Chauvet / La Cueva de los Sonidos Mudos – Un Comentario Sobre la Cueva de Chauvet
✶⋆ English Version Welcome to the first post from the 4 the Love of Art series! I have dedicated this first post to one of the most important archaeological sites in Europe on parietal art, the Chauvet Cave. We will delve into this wonderful world of the Upper Palaeolithic that could perfectly remind us of…
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