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The English Romantic Painter J.m.w. Turner (1775-1851) Is Renowned For His Sublime And Dramatic Landscapes And Seascapes. The Sea Held A Particular Fascination For The Artist, Exemplified Not Only By The Subject Matter Of Many Of His Paintings But Also By His Own Collection Of Ship Models And Personal Experiences As An Amateur Sailor. This Handsome Book - Written By Turner Expert James Hamilton And Published In Conjunction With A Traveling Exhibition Organized By The Sterling And Francine Clark Art Institute And Manchester City Galleries - Focuses Primarily On The Artist's Spectacular Seascapes Dating From The 1840s, The Last Decade Of His Illustrious Career. Turner: The Late Seascapes Provides New And Provocative Insights Into These Powerful Works, Relating Them To The Artist's Interest In Poetry And Drama As Well As His Curiousity About Science, Optics, And Photography. Turner's Extensive Travels - Which Clearly Fed His Imagination And Inspired His Choice Of Subject Matter - Are Explored In Depth, As Is The Relationship Between Turner's Paintings And Seventeenth-century Dutch Precedents. Hamilton Also Examines The Important Role Of The Pendant In Turner's Late Art, Arguing That H

Author

Joseph Mallord William Turner; James Hamilton; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; Exhibition Turner, The Late Seascapes

Publisher

Yale University Press ; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300099003

Subjects

Art, Nature, History