J.M.W. Turner - Couverture souple

Smiles, Sam; Turner, J. M. W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 069107058X ISBN 13 : 9780691070582

Editeur : Princeton Univ Pr, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Smiles Sam

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Alone of his contemporaries, J.M.W. 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. On Turner's death in 1851 he was already known as an adventurous, even baffling, painter. But when the Court of Chancery decreed that the contents of his studio should be given to the nation, another side of his art was revealed that effected a wholescale change in his reputation. This book acts as a guide to the reactions of art writers and curators from the 1850s to the 1960s as they attempted to come to terms with his work. It documents how Turner was interpreted and how his work was displayed in Britain, in Europe and in North America, concentrating on the ways in which his artistic identity was manipulated by art writers, by curators at the Tate and by designers of exhibitions for the British Council and other bodies.

Revue de presse

This is an admirable book, packed with sound, clearly argued scholarship, which should be read not only as a fascinating story in its own right but as a parable of the interrelationship between art and history. --The Burlington Magazine April 2008

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton Univ Pr
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 069107058X
• ISBN 13: 9780691070582
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 80
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible