{"product_id":"turner","title":"Turner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eecond-Hand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs a blind person might see the world if the gift of sight were suddenly returned, this is how we might describe the effect of William Turner's paintings on the observer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut to develop such a style, William Turner (1775-1851) first had to overcome the legacy of late rococo academic teachings. He was simultaneously a romantic and a realist, yet he transcended both styles. His landscapes, far in advance of their time, have been called forerunners of Impressionism, yet they also possess traits that influenced Expressionism, and many of his late compositions are undeniably surrealistic.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTurner's art cannot be bound by such classifications\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and remains an oddity to art history even today. His work arises from a unique relation to the nature that it depicts: through his brilliant sketches, he found a rigorously open kind of painting in which nature sets free the use of colour. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd through the workings of the natural elements, especially atmospheric light, Turner confronted nature at the point where nature itself is an image.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book opens up Turner's paintings for the eye, demonstrating that he was not simply illustrating nature, but that his pictures speak directly to the eye as nature does itself through a world of light and colour.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Bockemühl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42871634755753,"sku":"","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/turner_5d091071-8a3f-4c81-a74d-fef5dbd5f36e.jpg?v=1674361781","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/turner","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}