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Informationen zum Autor Sam Smiles is Professor of Art History at the University of Plymouth Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction pages 1-12Chapter One Legacies and reputations pages 13-63Chapter Two Taking Turner's measure - posthumous exhibitions and writings pages 64-112Chapter Three Turner and modern criticism, c. 1890-1970 pages 113-162Chapter Four Turner at the Tate pages 163-203Chapter Five Turner abroad: the British Council and other exhibitions pages 204-246Chapter Six Turner in the 1960s pages 247-271Bibliography pages 272-281LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS1.1 Snowstorm: Steam Boat off a Harbour's Mouth making Signals in Shallow Water, and going by the Lead. The Author was in this Storm on the Night the Ariel left Harwich (1842), oil on canvas, 91.5 x 122. Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection. Bequest of the artist 1856.1.2 Thomson's Æolian Harp(1809), oil on canvas, 166.7 x 306, City Art Galleries, Manchester.1.3 Pope's Villa at Twickenham (1808), engraved J. Pye (1811). Private collection.1.4 Field of Waterloo from the Picton Tree (1835), engraved W. Miller. Private collection.1.5 War. The Exile and the Rock Limpet (1842), oil on canvas, 79.5 x 79.5. Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection. Bequest of the artist 18561.6 Peace. Burial at Sea (1842), oil on canvas, 87 x 86.5. Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection. Bequest of the artist 18561.7 The Hero of a Hundred Fights (1847), oil on canvas, 91 x 121. Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection. Bequest of the artist 18561.8 The Opening of the Walhalla, 1842 (1843), oil on canvas, 112.5 x 200.5. Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection. Bequest of the artist 18561.9 Rome from the Vatican. Raffaelle, accompanied by La Fornarina, preparing his pictures for the decoration of the loggia (1820), oil on canvas, 177 x 335.5. Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection. Bequest of the artist 18561.10 Dido building Carthage; or the Rise of the Carthaginian Empire (1815), oil on canvas, 155.5 x 232, The National Gallery, London.1.11 Sun rising through Vapour; Fishermen cleaning and selling Fish (1807), oil on canvas, 134.5 x 179, The National Gallery, London.2.1 Fire at Sea now known as Disaster at Sea (c. 1835), oil on canvas, 171.5 x 220.5. Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection. Bequest of the artist 18562.2 Chichester Canal (c.1828), oil on canvas, 65.5 x 134.5. Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection. Bequest of the artist 18562.3 Petworth Park: Tillington Church in the distrance (c.1828), oil on canvas, 64.5 x 145.5. Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection. Bequest of the artist 18562.4 Rain, Steam and Speed -The Great Western Railway (1844), oil on canvas, 91 x 122. The National Gallery, London.2.5 'Hurrah! for the Whaler Erebus! Another Fish!', (1846), oil on canvas, 90 x 121. Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection. Bequest of the artist 18562.6 Calais Pier, with French Poissards preparing fdor Sea: an English Packet arriving (1803), oil on canvas, 172 x 240. The National Gallery, London.3.1 Crossing the Brook (1815), oil on canvas, 193 x 165. Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection. Bequest of the artist 18563.2 Norham Castle, Sunrise (c.1845-50), oil on canvas, 91 x 122. Clore Galle...
