Turner and the elements
By: catalogue, Inés Richter-Musso and Ortrud Westheider ; with contributions by James Hamilton ... [et al.].
Contributors: Richter-Musso, Ines; Westheider, Ortrud; Hamilton, James, 1948-; Bucerius Kunst Forum; Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie; Turner Contemporary (Arts organization : Margate, England)
Series: Bucerius Kunst Forum publications
Publisher: Hirmer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Munich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9783777440019
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Exhibitions; Four elements (Philosophy) in art
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, June 2-Sept. 11, 2011, the Muzeum Narodowe, Krakow, Oct. 1, 2011-Jan. 8, 2012 and at Turner Contemporary, Margate, Jan. 28-May 13, 2012.

"Exhibition, Inés Richter-Musso and Ortrud Westheider ; in collaboration with Zofia Gołubiew and Olga Jaros, Krakow, Victoria Pomery and Sarah Martin, Margate"

Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-253).
Table of contents: title: Turner and the four classical elements / Ortrud Westheider; title: The whole and its parts : visual depictions of the four elements from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century / Michael Philipp; title: Fire, water, air and earth : Turner as a painter of the elements / Inés Richter-Musso; title: "Earth's humid bubbles" : Turner and the new understanding of nature 1800-1850 / James Hamilton; title: The fusion of the elements in Turner's painting / Monika Wagner; title: "Water, the image of the mind" : Turner's artistic metaphors / Barry Venning.