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 | | The Oxford Companion to J. M. W. Turner by Evelyn Joll (Editor), Martin Butlin (Editor), Luke Herrmann (Editor) ISBN-10: 9780198600251 ISBN-10: 0-19-860025-9 ISBN-13: 9780198600251 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-860025-1 Hardcover 2001-03-22 Oxford University Press, USA Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description J. M. W. Turner is generally acknowledged not only as Britain's greatest painter, but as one of the finest and most original of all landscape artists. The Oxford Companion, the first reference work devoted entirely to this artist, is an authoritative guide to every aspect of his life, art, past and present reception, and the cultural, social, and political context in which he worked. Written by a team of the foremost Turner scholars in the world, the Companion presents the very latest information available in over 760 alphabetical articles that are easy-to-use and enjoyable to read. This one-of-a kind reference includes 32 exquisite color plates, a chronology of Turner's life and times, an extensive bibliography, and a listing of public collections of his works. | ||
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Lives up to its title Although certain Oxford Companions have been flawed -- that to "Film" had a lot of errors; and in my minority opinion that to "English Literature" wastes far too much space on tangential matters -- most are informative, authoritative, and endlessly browsable. This new Companion to Turner belongs among them. With all the detail it offers about Turner, it's a substantial work and one that will only appeal to those who already have one or more collections of his works; it's understandable that this volume does not duplicate these; if it did, its weight and size (and unwieldiness) and price would rocket. My only disappointment so far is admittedly peripheral: why does such a scholarly (and expensive) volume not come in the black (or immensely dark blue) cloth that OUP gives to most of its hardbacks? | ||
WORDY AND FEW PAINTINGS Maybe I am silly but if you are going to call a book a companion on a painter you should have plenty of paintings from each of the periods in his/her life to share with the reader. This book is primarily sound even exciting scholarship with a paltry amount of paintings. If you are taking a graduate course in art history it is right on target however if you are madly in love with the art of this giant go elsewhere for your pleasure. | ||