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Hardback. New. Alone of his contemporaries, Turner is commonly held to have prefigured modern painting, as signalled in the existence of The Turner Prize for contemporary art. Our celebration of his achievement is very different to what Victorian critics made of his art. This book shows how Turner was reinvented to become the artist we recognise today. -- .
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J. M. W. Turner: The Making of a Modern Artist Hardcover - 2007
by Sam Smiles; Index by Alan Rutter
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Alone of his contemporaries, J.M.W. Turner is commonly held to have prefigured modern painting, as signalled in the existence of The Turner Prize for contemporary art. Our celebration of his achievement is very different to what Victorian critics made of his art. This book shows how Turner was reinvented to become the artist we recognise today.
On Turner's death in 1851 he was already known as an adventurous, even baffling, painter. But when the Court of Chancery decreed that the contents of his studio should be given to the nation, another side of his art was revealed that effected a wholescale change in his reputation. This book acts as a guide to the reactions of art writers and curators from the 1850s to the 1960s as they attempted to come to terms with his work. It documents how Turner was interpreted and how his work was displayed in Britain, in Europe and in North America, concentrating on the ways in which his artistic identity was manipulated by art writers, by curators at the Tate and by designers of exhibitions for the British Council and other bodies.Details
- Title J. M. W. Turner: The Making of a Modern Artist
- Author Sam Smiles; Index by Alan Rutter
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Date 2007-12-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780719077081 / 0719077087
- Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 9.63 x 7 x 0.84 in (24.46 x 17.78 x 2.13 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Dewey Decimal Code 759.2
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