The Turner Book: Tate Essential Artists Series

by Sam Smiles

Book Overview

J.M.W. Turner was a fascinating and enigmatic figure. Both astonishingly prolific and extraordinarily innovative, he is widely seen as the greatest British landscape painter of them all, anticipating and surpassing the Impressionists in his dramatic interpretations of the effects of light and colour. The Turner Book goes beyond the usual interpretations of the artist, revealing the extraordinary self-belief and ambition that allowed him to continue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1854375725
• ISBN13: 9781854375728
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Tate Publishing(UK)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.7"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary