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Informationen zum Autor Sam Smiles is Professor of Art History at the University of Plymouth at Exeter and the author of numerous acclaimed books! including J.M.W. Turner! Two-way Traffic: British Art and Italian Art 1880-1980 and The Image of Antiquity: Ancient Britain and the Romantic Imagination. Klappentext "Tate Publishing is proud to announce a new series on important international artists, beautifully designed and with superbly printed reproductions. The Essential Artists series provides, in each volume, everything necessary for the enjoyment and understanding of the worlds greatest artists: Zusammenfassung Of interest to an art enthusiast! this book is both a practical manual for discovering and understanding the artist! J M W Turner! and a guide to his life and work. It examines in detail key works and the techniques by which Turner realised them and features revealing extracts from his notebooks! travel journals and poetry. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Turner's Inheritance; 2. Making a Reputation; 3. The Transigent Artist; 4. Ancient and Modern; 5. Witnessing the Age; 6. Turner's Place in History; 7. Turner's Writings; 8. Critical Writings; 9. Technique; 10. List of Public Collections; 11. Chronology; 12. Bibliography.
