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Author Bockemühl, Michael, author

Title J.M.W. Turner, 1775-1851 : the world of light and color / Michael Bockemühl ; English translation by Michael Claridge
Published Köln : Benedikt Taschen, [1991]
Köln : Benedikt Taschen Verlag, [1991]
©1991
©1991

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Description 96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Contents Includes chronology
Summary Turner confronted nature at the point where nature itself is an image. This book opens up Turner's paintings for the eye, demonstrating that he was not simply illustrating nature, but that his pictures speak directly to the eye as nature does itself-through a world of light and colour
Notes Translation of J.M.W. Turner, 1775-1851 : die Welt des Lichtes und der Farbe
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 96)
Subject Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.
Artists -- England -- Biography.
Color in art.
Landscape painting -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Light in art.
Painters -- Great Britain.
Painting, British.
Painting, Modern -- 1800-1850 -- Great Britain
Pencil drawing -- 1790-1830 -- Great Britain
Pencil drawing, British.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Author Claridge, Michael, translator
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.
ISBN 3822805548
9783822805541
Other Titles J.M.W. Turner, 1775-1851. English
J. M. W. Turner 1775-1851 : the world of light and colour