The Sketches Of Turner, R.A.: 1802-20: Genius Of The Romantic
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
In the golden age of British Romanticism, no artist captured the raw, elemental power of nature with greater urgency than J.M.W. Turner — and it is in his sketches, unguarded and electric, that this genius burns most fiercely. The Sketches of Turner, R.A.: 1802–20: Genius of the Romantic presents a richly curated examination of Turner's working drawings and sketchbooks from a pivotal period in his career, chronicling his restless creative journey across Britain and Europe as he wrestled light, storm, and landscape onto the page. Gerald Wilkinson, a perceptive and authoritative commentator on Turner's art, illuminates the intimate language of these private works — the rapid notations, compositional experiments, and tonal studies that underpinned some of the most celebrated paintings in Western art. Wilkinson argues that the sketches are not mere preparatory footnotes but stand as masterworks in their own right, offering an unfiltered window into a visionary mind at its most unrestrained. For anyone captivated by the origins of artistic genius, this volume poses an irresistible question: what does it mean to see the world as Turner saw it, before the canvas ever came into view?
Author: Gerald Wilkinson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1975, Barrie & Jenkins
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
In the golden age of British Romanticism, no artist captured the raw, elemental power of nature with greater urgency than J.M.W. Turner — and it is in his sketches, unguarded and electric, that this genius burns most fiercely. The Sketches of Turner, R.A.: 1802–20: Genius of the Romantic presents a richly curated examination of Turner's working drawings and sketchbooks from a pivotal period in his career, chronicling his restless creative journey across Britain and Europe as he wrestled light, storm, and landscape onto the page. Gerald Wilkinson, a perceptive and authoritative commentator on Turner's art, illuminates the intimate language of these private works — the rapid notations, compositional experiments, and tonal studies that underpinned some of the most celebrated paintings in Western art. Wilkinson argues that the sketches are not mere preparatory footnotes but stand as masterworks in their own right, offering an unfiltered window into a visionary mind at its most unrestrained. For anyone captivated by the origins of artistic genius, this volume poses an irresistible question: what does it mean to see the world as Turner saw it, before the canvas ever came into view?