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J.M.W. Turner : the 'Lucerne' sketchbook / J.M.W. Turner ; with an introduction by David Blayney Brown.

Fine Arts Library NC242.T9 A4 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851, artist.
Contributor:
Brown, David Blayney, writer of introduction.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Turner, J. M. W.
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.
Turner (J. M. W.) Bequest.
Tate (London)--(Perm.).
Watercolor painting, English--19th century.
Watercolor painting, English.
Lucerne (Switzerland)--In art.
Lucerne (Switzerland).
Switzerland--Lucerne.
Local Subjects:
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.
Turner (J. M. W.) Bequest.
Tate (London)--(Perm.).
Genre:
Art.
Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Notebooks.
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 19 x 27 cm
Place of Publication:
London : Published by order of the Tate Trustees by Tate Publishing, a division of Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2018.
Summary:
Turner's sketchbooks were private things which he kept to himself. They might live for some time, rolled up in his coat pockets or travel bags, to be pulled out as need arose. In the studio, they served as memory banks for future work. The sketchbook reproduced within this unique publication includes watercolour sketches Turner made on his trip to Lucerne in Switzerland capturing the beautiful Rigi mountain, a landscape he returned to again and again. Drawn back to the mountains, Turner made these sketches after the famous The Blue Rigi, Sunrise 1842, and they reveal his masterful hand as he portrays the ever changing moods of the Swiss-Alps, tantalising depicted through rainy showers, sunbeams filtering through clouds and rainbows cast across the blue mountain peaks. This edition of the sketchbook reproduces all these beautiful watercolours in facsimile, with an illustrated introduction by Turner expert David Blayney Brown discussing their background and impact.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781849766142
1849766142
OCLC:
1035414246

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