Turner's Secret Sketches - Rilegato

Warrell, Ian

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ISBN 10: 1849760853 ISBN 13: 9781849760850

Casa editrice: Tate Gallery Pubn, 2012

Riassunto

Up until a few years ago, biographies of both J.M.W. Turner and John Ruskin had claimed that, in 1858, Ruskin burned bundles of erotic paintings and drawings by Turner in a fit of embarrassed Victorian censorship, to protect Turner's posthumous reputation. Ruskin's friend Ralph Nicholson Wornum, who was Keeper of the National Gallery, was said to have colluded in the alleged destruction. However, in 2005 these works, which form part of the Turner Bequest held at Tate Britain, were re-appraised by Turner scholar Ian Warrell, who suggested that Ruskin and Wornum did not destroy the sketches and that almost all of the allegedly destroyed drawings are in the Tate collection. This lavishly illustrated book, the first exclusively devoted to Turner's erotic work, examines in detail this little known aspect of the artist's oeuvre. In his original essay, fully reproduced here, Warrell places the work within the context of Turner's social and artistic milieu, contemporary preoccupations with art for public and 'private' consumption, and the details and intricacies of Turner's life and output. An essential addition to the canon of work on Britain's most prolific and adored artist, this beautifully produced volume will be of interest to scholars, connoisseurs, and all Turner devotees.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Ian Warrell is curator of 18th- and 19th-century British art at Tate. He is also the author of J.M.W. Turner, Turner and Venice, and most recently Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude.

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In December 1858 the prominent art critic John Ruskin supervised the destruction at the National Gallery of a parcel of erotic sketches made by J.M.W. Turner. Or did he? Speculation continues about what exactly the parcel contained, and whether it was indeed destroyed, especially given the existence of many works of an erotic nature in the Turner Bequest, now at Tate. If Ruskin's purge did take place, why were these not also burned? This beautifully illustrated volume is the first to explore the hidden life of Britain's most celebrated painter and his controversial legacy, and will fascinate scholars and Turner devotees alike.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Tate Gallery Pubn
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1849760853
• ISBN 13: 9781849760850
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 144
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile