Walter Thornbury

The Life of J. M. W. Turner

founded on Letters and Papers, furnished by his Friends and Fellow Academicians, in Two Volumes - Vol. 1

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Produktbeschreibung

The Life of J. M. W. Turner - founded on Letters and Papers, furnished by his Friends and Fellow Academicians, in Two Volumes - Vol. 1 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1862.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hansebooks
• Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1862
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 152mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9783348060523
• ISBN-10: 3348060524
• Artikelnr.: 62383163

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The curtain rises
2. The London of Turner's boyhood
3. The sky painter
4. Love and ambition
5. Turner's contemporaries in water and oil
6. Turner and Girtin at Dr Munro's
7. Turner's friendly rival, Girtin
8. Turner, the drawing-master
9. Rise and progress of water-colour painting in England
10. Turner in Yorkshire
11. Turner in Scotland
12. Turner's home and foreign tours
13. Turner's work for the engravers
14. Turner's art life (1)
15. The 'Liber studiorum'
16. Turner's art life (2)
17. Turner's art life: second period, 1820-35
18. The Polyphemus: 1829
19. Turner's art life, continued
20. The old Téméraire
21. Turner's art life: concluded
22. Turner's note-books and sketches
23. Turner's prices.