Research Catalog

Title

J.M.W. Turner : the making of a modern artist / Sam Smiles.

Author

Smiles, Sam.

Publication

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007.

Holdings

Details

Description

x, 228 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Landscape painting > 19th century
• Painting, British > 19th century
• Turner, J. M. W. 1775-1851 > Criticism and interpretation

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-216) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction; 1. Legacies and reputations; 2. Taking Turner's measure -- posthumous exhibitions and writings; 3. Turner and modern criticism, c. 1890-1970; 4. Turner at the Tate; 5. Turner abroad: the British Council and other exhibitions; 6. Turner in the 1960s; Bibliography; Index.

ISBN

• 9780719077081 (hbk.)
• 0719077087 (hbk.)