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Tate British Artists: J.M.W. Turner

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Tate British Artists: J.M.W. Turner

Contributors:

By (Author) Sam Smiles

ISBN:

9781849761918

Publisher:

Tate Publishing

Imprint:

Tate Publishing

Publication Date:

1st October 2013

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

History of art

Dewey:

759.2

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

96

Dimensions:

Width 197mm, Height 252mm, Spine 11mm

Weight:

491g

Description

J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) is probably Britain's greatest painter. Both profoundly original and astonishingly prolific, he helped transform landscape painting into an expressive art form of enormous range and power. This book reveals the extent to which Turner wanted his paintings to communicate intellectually as well as emotionally and how he used landscape as a vehicle for deep ruminations on society, politics, and the human condition. Sam Smiles discusses and illustrates the whole range of Turner's work.

Reviews

Sam Smiles is Professor of History of Art at the University of Plymouth. He is the author of The Turner Book, also from Tate Publishing.

Author Bio

Sam Smiles is professor of history of art at the University of Plymouth, England.

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