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List Price: $60.00Amazon.com's Price: $37.80 You Save: $22.20 (37%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN: 9780500238301
ISBN: 0500238308
Label: Thames & Hudson
Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: January 26, 2007
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Sales Rank: 111687
Studio: Thames & Hudson
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Product Description:
Spectacular reproductions of Turner's works, set in the context of the artist's themes, ventures, and journeys in England and Europe.
J. M. W. Turner is one of the most famous—and most mysterious—of artists. His paintings are among the masterpieces of Western art, and the range of his work and the originality of his technique make him a giant. He kept his private life a secret, and his contradictory personality, his love of mystification, and his revolutionary manner of painting all fascinated his contemporaries and still arouse our curiosity today.
Andrew Wilton's knowledge and enthusiasm uniquely qualify him to introduce us to the artist's life, and he concentrates here on original sources: Turner's writings, in the form of letters, notes, and verse; impressions recorded by his contemporaries; and reviews of his exhibited works. A comprehensive illustrated chronology covers Turner's travels, exhibitions, and projects, and includes portraits of his friends and patrons, views of places with which he was associated, and works by other artists who played a crucial role in forming his style and thought.
• Revised and updated edition
• Now with color illustrations throughout (200 illustrations total, 150 in color)
• Forty-four works are new to the book
• Includes a recently discovered watercolor
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Arranged chronologically the book is divided into six chapters; chapter one covers the first twenty five years of Turner's life with the other five chapters covering ten years each. Well written and very readable the text provides an insight into Turner the man and Turner the artist, and includes numerous quotations from Turner and his contemporaries; it succeeds among other things in bringing alive the artist as a person.
Concluding the book is an extensive Chronology; Inventory of ... Read More
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I was very satisfied with my purchase. I was also impressed by the speedy delivery time from Amazon.
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Craig Taylor
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Beautiful Turner book with many colour reproductions, excellent chronology. Flawless work! Highly recommended Thames & Hudson art monograph.
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I checked this book out at my local library. It is so good, I'm going to buy it. While I knew who Turner was and had seen one or two reproductions of his work in books about other, later artists, I had seen little of his work and knew nothing about him before reading this book. It has been an absolutely wonderful introduction and has spurred me to look for more about Turner's art. There are something like 168 reproductions of oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings; most of them are large and in ... Read More
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Excellent reproductions that will knock your socks off. Also, interesting read.
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