Turner was deeply affected by the world in which he lived, the sciences that explained it, and the conflicts and accomplishments of his society. He wove these strands into the dense fabric of the historical pictures he created, pictures that were extremely varied, complex, original, and controversial. In Angel in the Sun Gerald Finley untangles the various thematic strands running through Turner's art, including the intersection of private and public histories, classical and biblical history and contemporary events, and science and religion, and shows how Turner's use of light and colour played an important role in conveying these ideas.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 759.2
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 0773517472 9780773567313
- LCCN
- ND497.T8
- LCCN Item number
- F54 1999eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xiv, 247 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00200994 (OCoLC)614474856 (CaOOCEL)400502
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- DLC
Table of Contents
- CONTENTS 8
- FIGURES 10
- PREFACE 12
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 14
- COLOUR PLATES 16
- 1 Turner and History: A Brief Introduction 36
- 2 The Louvre and the Royal Academy Lectures 39
- 3 Greece and Italy 52
- 4 The Dynamics of Myth and Legend 79
- 5 Rural Retreats 116
- 6 "In memory's mystic band": Commemorating the Past and Present 127
- 7 "Let my words / Out live the maker" 147
- 8 Steam Triumphant: Bane or Benefit? 162
- 9 "The Terrible Muses": Astronomy and Geology 181
- 10 Biblical History: Fall to Apocalypse 207
- 11 Light and Colour: Theory and Practice 220
- 12 "The dark'ning Deluge": Shade and Darkness and Light and Colour, the Late Deluge Pictures 233
- EPILOGUE 242
- APPENDIX: Daniel Wilson and Regulus 244
- NOTES 248
- SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY 271
- INDEX 278
- A 278
- B 278
- C 278
- D 278
- E 278
- F 278
- G 278
- H 278
- I 278
- J 278
- K 278
- L 278
- M 278
- N 279
- O 279
- P 279
- R 279
- S 279
- T 279
- V 280
- W 280
- Y 280
- Z 280
