Turner's Watercolour Explorations, 1810-42 by Eric Shanes

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This volume explains the creative process that underlies Turner's watercolour sketches and the interpretive techniques which have been used to analyze them. Many of their subjects are identified and the pictures are arranged according to their subject-matter and historical purpose.

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Turner's Watercolour Explorations, 1810-42 by Eric Shanes

One of the largest sections of the Turner Bequest at the Tate Gallery is a group made up of watercolour sketches, early studios for finished works, and finished and unfinished drawings. Although many of the designs appear to be abstract, Turner was not creating non-representational images but was employing a rapid "visual shorthand". These pictures remain among Turner's most popular works. This volume explains the creative process that underlies these images and the interpretive techniques which have been used to analyze them. Many of their subjects are identified and the pictures are arranged according to their subject-matter and historical purpose.
Shanes, Eric: - Eric Shanes is himself a painter and a renowned art historian. Amongst his many articles on twentieth-century art are best-selling books on Constantin Brancusi and David Hockney. He is also a leading authority on J M W Turner on whom he has written nine best-selling books and catalogues. He is currently the Chairman of the Turner Society. He is much in demand all over Britain and the United States as a lecturer on art.
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ISBN 13 9781854372222
ISBN 10 185437222X
Title Turner's Watercolour Explorations, 1810-42
Author Eric Shanes
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Tate Publishing
Year published 1997-06-01
Number of pages 104
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