![]() ![]() Sir Cadogan's portrait was forever challenging people to a fight, falling off its horse and behaving in a fairly unbalanced way, which was how the subject appeared to the poor wizard who had to paint him, while the portrait of the Fat Lady continued to indulge her love of good food, drink, and tip-top security long after her living model passed away. Private individuals might place their portrait in their home, while prominent figures in the magical community might get a portrait mounted on the wall of prestigious institutions such as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries and the British Ministry of Magic to commemorate them for some public service or accomplishment. ![]() The portrait would be able to use some of the subject's favourite phrases and imitate their general demeanour. This was usually done so that the portraitist could enchant the portrait to have some characteristics of the subject. Ī witch or wizard could go to a wizarding painter to have themselves painted. Magenta Comstock was an experimental painter whose subjects' eyes followed their viewers home. īimp, Oliver Cartwright, John Homme, Luxo Karuzos, Pablo Picasso and Leonardo Da Vinci were all expert painters. A portrait could also move from portrait to portrait, or else visit a portrait of them elsewhere in the world. The portrait would be able to use some of the subject's favourite phrases and imitate their general demeanour based on how the subject appeared to the painter however, they were limited in what they could say or do. The subject of a magical portrait was sentient due to enchantments placed on the portrait by the painter. Portraits were paintings made of certain individuals, namely witches and wizards. However, the degree to which they can interact with the people looking at them depends not on the skill of the painter, but on the power of the witch or wizard painted." - Description Did you know? The board game version of Quidditch called the “Snitch Snatcher!” was seen played by the Weasley twins in the Great Hall in one of the deleted scenes from the third film." Hogwarts portraits are able to talk and move around from picture to picture. This section features some brilliant illustrations of Quidditch posters and paraphernalia. I got excited seeing 16 pages dedicated to professional Quidditch and the 422nd Quidditch World Cup, for it is at the world cup where we first glimpse a bigger picture of the wizarding world, both in terms of geography as well as sports and their interpersonal connections. Not only does the book have a section on a Quidditch Equipment Crate and the Hogwarts trophies for the sport but also an entire 18-page section dedicated to Quidditch uniforms and fan wear featuring a cameo of Luna Lovegood’s Gryffindor lion hat. We get acquainted with the brooms belonging to each prominent character shown to possess one with a foldout page for the Weasley twins’ brooms and look at the fine details and embellishments added to the Firebolt to make it look as grand as it is. There is a broom index at the end of the book, a handy overview of all the major types of brooms crafted and owned by the wizarding world.Ī page on filming the Quidditch scenes in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” from “Harry Potter: The Broom Collection” A sequel to Harry Potter: The Wand Collection, the book follows a layout of an image or illustration on one page with relevant text about it on its facing page and that assuredly kept my attention glued to it the entire time. Are you an avid Quidditch fan? Do magical modes of transportation fascinate you? Are you curious about the variety of flying broomsticks featured in the Potter series? Do you want another cool addition to your collection of Harry Potter companion books? Then Harry Potter: The Broom Collection written by Jody Revenson and published by Insight Editions is the book for you, and it makes for a great companion to my copy of Quidditch Through The Ages.ĭesigned like a coffee table book, it has a beautiful hardcover in Slytherin green, its dimensions of 12 x 6 inches, and the slightly raised text and illustration of a broom on its cover caught my eye immediately. ![]()
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