J.M.W. Turner and the subject of history
By: by Leo Costello
Contributors: Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
Publisher: Ashgate; Ashgate Pub Co
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780754669227
Subjects: History in art; Criticism and interpretation; Art and history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: "A great and dreadful sea-fight" : the Battle of Trafalgar (1806-8) and the end of contemporary history painting; title: "The conception of a swamp'd world" : destruction and creation in painting/history; title: "This cross-fire of colours" : Turner and the varnishing days; title: "In Venice now" : history, nature, and the body of the subject; title: The slave ship : painting/abolition/history; title: Conclusion.