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Artists and Empire by Alison Smith (Editor); Tate Britain (Gallery) Staff (Contribution by); David Blayney Brown (Editor); Carol Jacobi (Editor)
Category: Art and Design
First wide-ranging study to examine artworks created under the conditions of the British Empire during the last 500 years Exploring how artists have represented and critiqued the diverse places, people and events that make up the legacy of Empire, our expert authors have created a vital book on a subjec ...Show more
J. M. W. Turner - The 'Lucerne' Sketchbook by David Blayney Brown (Introduction by)
Category: Art and Design
Renowned artist J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) kept his sketchbooks private. He often used soft-bound "roll" sketchbooks when traveling; he could carry them easily in his pockets. A number survive at Tate in London, and they contain some of his most magical and intensely personal watercolors and sketches. ...Show more
J.M.W. Turner The 'Skies' Sketchbook by David Blayney Brown
Category: Art and Design
The 'Skies' sketchbook takes its name from its many richly coloured sky studies. While weather and climate were longstanding interests for Turner, the dramatic consequences of the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815, darkening skies and reddening sunsets around the world and turning 1816 into a 'year with ...Show more
Romanticism by David Blayney Brown
Category: Art | Series: Art & Ideas S.
A fresh approach to Romanticism, one of the most compelling and revolutionary artistic movements. The author takes a thematic approach to this period, relating it to the concurrent, more stylistic movements of Neoclassicism and Gothic Revival, and discussing its relationship with politics.
Turner by Graham Reynolds; David Blayney Brown (Introduction by)
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art Ser.
Few British artists have ever achieved such a wide range of style in oil painting, watercolor, drawing, and engraving as J. M. W. Turner. This classic book in the World of Art series traces the artist's career from youthful, picturesque views and watercolors of Gothic ruins, to romantic landscapes and h ...Show more
Turner Watercolours (reissue) by David Blayney Brown
Category: Art and Design
Turner's lifetime (1775-1851) was also the classic age of English watercolour, and his mastery and perfection of the medium coincided with its establishment as an independent art form. This volume examines the unique body of watercolours Turner produced.Few can doubt that J.M.W. Turner was the greatest ...Show more
Turner's Modern World by David Blayney Brown (Editor); Amy Concannon (Editor); Sam Smiles (Editor)
Category: Art
A landmark publication positions Turner as a pioneer in depicting contemporary life in the wake of dizzying changes resulting from industrialisation and modernisation. This monograph is tied to the first exhibition to highlight Turner's contemporary imagery - the most exceptional and distinctive aspect ...Show more
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