Turner (Colour Books) - Softcover

William Gaunt

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ISBN 10: 0714821314 ISBN 13: 9780714821313

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 1981

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This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chronology.

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J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) is the most masterly of British painters. His work exploits the great traditions of European painting, while anticipating the development of modern art in the twentieth century.

About the Author:

William Gaunt, who died in 1980, was an acknowledged authority on British art.

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