Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition présentée par The Frick Collection, à New York, 22 février au 14 mai 2017.
" Widely considered Britain’s greatest painter, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) is best known for his light-filled landscapes and seascapes. A relentless traveler, Turner often turned his artistic attention to the theme of modern and ancient ports. In the mid-1820s, Turner exhibited two monumental, and controversial, paintings of ports: Cologne and Dieppe. Shocking for their intense luminosity and yellow tonality, as well as for Turner’s unorthodox handling of paint, these works marked a transition in the artist’s career as he moved away from naturalism and toward a new, poetic topography.
This in-depth study of these two seminal paintings also addresses a wide selection of Turner’s works in both oil and watercolor from the 1820s, placing them in the context of radical changes in British social and economic structures taking place at the time. Drawing from period travel accounts, contemporary critical commentary, and new technical analyses of Turner’s work, this magnificently illustrated book brings a fresh, new perspective to the pivotal middle years of Turner’s career. "
120 reproductions en couleurs.
Textes de Susan Grace Galassi, Ian Warrell, Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Gillian Forrester, Rebecca Hellen et Eloise Owens.
New Haven, Yale University Press et New York, The Frick Collection, 2017, cartonnage, jaquette illustrée, 176 pages.
9780300223149
TEXTE EN ANGLAIS
librairie couleur du temps, abrams, Joseph Mallord William Turner, angleterre, royaume-uni, peinture, aquarelle, paysage, marine, romantisme,
