J M W Turner was a fascinating and enigmatic figure Both astonishingly prolific and extraordinarily innovative, he is widely regarded as the most important painter of his age, whose pictorial imagination reconciled wide-ranging intellectual concerns with audacious explorations of light and colour The Turner Book goes beyond the usual interpretations ожбно of the artist, revealing the extraordinary self-belief and ambition that allowed him to continue steadfastly with his experimentation in the face of hostile critical attack, examining in detail key works and the techniques by which he realised them and featuring revealing extracts from his writings on art, letters and poetry Lavishly illustrated with both well and lesser-known works and ranging over the entire course of the artist's career, this is the essential guide to Turner's life and work Формат: 19 см x 24,5 см Иллюстрации Автор Sam Smiles.  ИзложеныИздательство: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, 2006 г Мягкая обложка, 224 стр ISBN 1 85437 572 5, 1-85437-572-5 Язык: Английский Мелованная бумага, Цветные иллюстрации.