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Turner's modern and ancient ports : passages through time

Galassi, Susan Grace, writer of supplementary textual content, Warrell, Ian, writer of supplementary textual content, Forrester, Gillian, 1957-, writer of supplementary textual content, Hellen, Rebecca, writer of supplementary textual content, Seidenstein, Joanna Sheers, writer of supplementary textual content, Frick Collection, organizer, host institution

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\"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\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: The Frick Collection, in association with Yale University Press
• Subject: Turner, J. M. W. 1775-1851 Exhibitions. / Harbors in art Exhibitions. / ART / Individual Artists / Monographs. / ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General. / ART / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes.
• ISBN: 9780300223149

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
ND497.T8 A4 2017	1	BOOK	ARTS