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Turner / Graham Reynolds.

Fine Arts Library ND497.T8 R4 2020
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Reynolds, Graham, author.
Contributor:
Brown, David Blayney, writer of introduction.
Series:
World of art
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.
Turner, J. M. W.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
215 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.
Edition:
New edition / with a new introduction by David Blayney Brown.
Place of Publication:
London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2020.
Summary:
"Few British artists have ever achieved such a wide range of style in oil painting, watercolor, drawing, and engraving as J.M.W. Turner. This classic book in the World of Art series traces the artist's career from youthful, picturesque views and watercolors of Gothic ruins, to romantic landscapes and historical compositions, to the darker abstracts of his later career"--Publisher marketing.
Contents:
Chapter 1 'Life's Morning Landscape' p. 12
Chapter 2 The Academician p. 46
Chapter 3 'A Wonderful Range of Mind' p. 68
Chapter 4 Italy: 'That Veil of Matchless Colour' p. 107
Chapter 5 The Tragic Vision p. 149.
Notes:
Previous edition: 1969.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contains:
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. Works. Selections
ISBN:
9780500204597
0500204594
OCLC:
1140105746

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