J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work--A Critical Biography

by Lindsay, Jack

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Book desription: New York Graphic Society, 1966. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Fair. 275 pages + illustrations. Large book. Ex-library with typical marks, shelfwear, lightly discolored; sound book. The dj has some wear and discoloring; taped to book. "The guiding lines of this new (1966) biography come largely from Turner's own writings-the lines of verse he put under his paintings, the mass of scribblings in prose and verse he left in sketchbooks, his annotations in books, and his perceptive lectures. In this written material we can discover the workings of his mind and distinguihs the thoughts and feelings behing the reticent and stoical facade that he built up during his lifetime. What emerges is a prophetic figure, in Blake's sense of the word, for Turner was deeply concerned with the movement of history as well as with the crisis in art which he both foresaw and analysed..." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Inventory No: 063885. .

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