J.M.W. Turner: Romantic Painter of the Industrial Revolution
- ISBN-10
- 0520204794
- ISBN-13
- 9780520204799
- Series
- J.M.W. Turner
- Category
- Great Britain
- Pages
- 222
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Authors
- Joseph Mallord William Turner, William S. Rodner
Description
English romantic painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) is known and admired for portraying the transcendent power and turbulence of nature in his paintings of landscapes and storms at sea. But Turner also drew inspiration from the sweeping new forces of the Industrial Revolution. Here historian William S. Rodner assesses the full range of Turner's industrial art and the context of its creation. 8 color plates. 61 b&w illustrations.
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