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Format:

Book

Author:

Rodner, William S., 1948-

Title:

J.M.W. Turner : romantic painter of the industrial revolution / William S. Rodner.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

xiv, 222 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Summary:

The 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, as William S. Rodner's beautifully illustrated book makes clear, Turner also drew inspiration from the sweeping new forces of the Industrial Revolution that were to transform Britain and the world during his lifetime.

Subjects:

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851 -- Themes, motives.

Industrial revolution in art.

Great Britain -- In art.

Other Author:

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.

Other Title:

James Mallord William Turner

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-210) and index.

Contents:

The Industrial Revolution and the Romantic Imagination: Turner and the Art of Modern Life -- The Allure of the Steamboat -- Humanity and Nature in the Steamboat Paintings -- Urban Industrialism: Leeds, Newcastle, Shields, and Dudley -- Turner's London as Industrial Metropolis -- Rain, Steam, and Speed: The Railroad and the Victorian Consciousness.

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Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

LCCN:

97011127

ISBN:

0520204794

9780520204799

Other Number:

36649109

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

58734

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

759.2 Turner