Turner’s Modern and Ancient Ports

Turner’s Modern and Ancient Ports

EnglishHardback
Galassi Susan Grace
Yale University Press
EAN: 9780300223149
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An engaging look at one of the central motifs in the work of the great 19th-century painter

Widely considered Britain’s greatest painter, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) is best known for his light-filled landscapes and seascapes. A relentless traveler, Turner often turned his artistic attention to the theme of modern and ancient ports. In the mid-1820s, Turner exhibited two monumental, and controversial, paintings of ports: Cologne and Dieppe. Shocking for their intense luminosity and yellow tonality, as well as for Turner’s unorthodox handling of paint, these works marked a transition in the artist’s career as he moved away from naturalism and toward a new, poetic topography.
 
This in-depth study of these two seminal paintings also addresses a wide selection of Turner’s works in both oil and watercolor from the 1820s, placing them in the context of radical changes in British social and economic structures taking place at the time. Drawing from period travel accounts, contemporary critical commentary, and new technical analyses of Turner’s work, this magnificently illustrated book brings a fresh, new perspective to the pivotal middle years of Turner’s career.  

Published in association with The Frick Collection


Exhibition Schedule:

The Frick Collection, New York
(02/22/17– 05/14/17)

EAN 9780300223149
ISBN 0300223145
Binding Hardback
Publisher Yale University Press
Publication date February 7, 2017
Pages 176
Language English
Dimensions 279 x 241
Country United States
Authors Galassi Susan Grace; Seidenstein, Joanna; Warrell Ian
Illustrations 120 color illus.
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