Andrew Wilton Bücher

William Turner (1775 - 1851) gelangt in seinem Werk zu einzigartiger - fast abstrakter - Farbigkeit und atmosphärischer Lichtdurchdrungenheit. Unerreicht sind seine zarten Aquarelle, deren Ausdruckskraft er später in die Ölmalerei umzusetzen weiß. Turners Persönlichkeit wird in Briefen, Gedichten, Notizen und zeitgenössischen Quellen lebendig, die in sechs Kapitel eingewoben sind. Dem Text folgen Chronologien des jeweiligen Jahrzehnts, die ebenfalls Originalzitate des Künstlers, die Routen seiner Reisen sowie Passagen aus seinen Skizzenbüchern und weiteres vielfältiges Dokumentationsmaterial enthalten.

"Turner has good claim to be the most perceptive and creative artist that Britain has ever produced. His range of mood and the extent of his development from his early, traditional beginnings to his late masterpieces are perhaps wider than those of any other artist"--Foreword

The Grand Tour, the journey made by noblemen and gentlemen of many nations to Italy in search of antique and modern culture, reached its apogee in the 18th century and came to an end with the Napoleonic Wars in the 1790s. This book looks at this vital aspect of European civilization in the age of the Enlightenment from the point of view of several countries and includes the work of foremost artists of the period, among them Canaletto, Richard Wilson, Pompeo Batoni, Joseph Wright of Derby, and Joshua Reynolds.A team of international experts has been brought together to contribute detailed descriptions of ever 200 paintings, sculptures, watercolors, prints, and objets d'art from Europe and America.

The Turner Collection in The Clore Gallery Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in 1775, and died in 1 85 1 . His lifespan embraced what was perhaps the most fruitful of all periods in British art an age that began with the ...

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