J. M. W. Turner - The Making of a Modern Artist (Hardcover)

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. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Sam Smiles
Index compiled by:	Alan Rutter
Dimensions:	240 x 170 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-7708-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > Impressionism Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > Post-Impressionism Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7190-7708-7
Barcode:	9780719077081

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