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Angel in the sun : Turner's vision of history /

J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), widely known as perhaps the most eminent landscape painter of the romantic era, considered himself particularly a painter of historical landscapes. His distinctive landscapes were often enriched with symbolism and allegory that set them apart from those of his artist conte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Finley, Gerald E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • COLOUR PLATES
  • 1 Turner and History: A Brief Introduction
  • 2 The Louvre and the Royal Academy Lectures
  • 3 Greece and Italy
  • 4 The Dynamics of Myth and Legend
  • 5 Rural Retreats
  • 6 In memory's mystic band: Commemorating the Past and Present
  • 7 Let my words / Out live the maker
  • 8 Steam Triumphant: Bane or Benefit?
  • 9 The Terrible Muses: Astronomy and Geology
  • 10 Biblical History: Fall to Apocalypse
  • 11 Light and Colour: Theory and Practice
  • 12 The dark'ning Deluge: Shade and Darkness and Light and Colour, the Late Deluge PicturesEPILOGUE
  • APPENDIX: Daniel Wilson and Regulus
  • NOTES
  • SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z