J.M.W. Turner and the Subject of History

By Leo Costello

Book Overview

J.M.W. Turner and the Subject of History is an in-depth consideration of the artist's complex response to the challenge of creating history paintings in the early nineteenth century. Structured around the dual themes of making and unmaking, this book examines how Turner's history paintings reveal changing notions of individual and collective identity at a time when the British Empire was simultaneously developing and fragmenting.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138248894
• ISBN13: 9781138248892
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.5"