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Angel in the sun : Turner's vision of history

Gerald E. Finley (Author)
J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), widely known as perhaps the most eminent landscape painter of the romantic era, considered himself particularly a painter of historical landscapes. His distinctive landscapes were often enriched with symbolism and allegory that set them apart from those of his artist contemporaries and mystified his audiences. Angel in the Sun is an unconventional study of the richness and complexity of Turner's vision of history as revealed through his drawings and paintings
eBook, English, 1998
McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1998
Electronic books
1 online resource
9780773567313, 9781282855175, 0773567313, 1282855174
767669358
CONTENTS
FIGURES
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
COLOUR PLATES
1 Turner and History: A Brief Introduction
2 The Louvre and the Royal Academy Lectures
3 Greece and Italy
4 The Dynamics of Myth and Legend
5 Rural Retreats
6 In memory's mystic band: Commemorating the Past and Present
7 Let my words / Out live the maker
8 Steam Triumphant: Bane or Benefit?
9 The Terrible Muses: Astronomy and Geology
10 Biblical History: Fall to Apocalypse
11 Light and Colour: Theory and Practice 12 The dark'ning Deluge: Shade and Darkness and Light and Colour, the Late Deluge PicturesEPILOGUE
APPENDIX: Daniel Wilson and Regulus
NOTES
SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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