To accompany a landmark exhibition of the art of J.M.W. Turner, this book presents Turner as a pioneer painter of contemporary life, finding new ways to picture the momentous events and dizzying changes of modernization.
This book accompanies a major BBC1 television series presented by David Dimbleby and a parallel exhibition at Tate Britain. It taps into the love of landscape that is a fundamental part of the British character.
Drawing from the Tate Gallery's extensive collection of oil sketches, this book investigates Turner's approach to outdoor painting, and his open-air sketches. It does so in the context of works by Constable and other contemporaries of Turner.
Provides a portrait of Turner and an overview of his life, times, and work, including the influence of the Academy system of training, the Old Masters, and the landscapes of Britain and the continent