Turner The Man Who Set Painting on Fire (New Horizons)

In 1801, at the age of 26, Joseph Mallord William Turner became the youngest ever member of the Royal Academy. His early paintings combined great historical themes with inspired visions of nature, but subsequent experiments with the effects of light led him swiftly towards a evolutionary dissolution of forms. In this profusely illustrated book, Olivier Meslay invites us to follow the development of Turner''s incandescent art, a bridge between Romanticism and Impressionism and one of Britains'' most remarkable contributions to art.

Product details

• Authors: Olivier Meslay, Meslay Olivier
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.2005
• EAN: 9780500301180
• ISBN: 978-0-500-30118-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 180 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 240 g
• Series: New Horizons; New Horizons S.; New Horizons
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, History of Art, Romanticism, Painting & paintings, Individual artists, art monographs, Art & design styles: Romanticism, Paintings and painting, ART / History / European / Romanticism