Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Smiles, Sam

Title:

The late works of J.M.W. Turner : the artist and his critics / Sam Smiles.

Published / Created:

London : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2020.

New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press

Physical Description:

vi, 306 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Collection:

Reference Library

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-297) and index.

Contents:

What's in a name? Late works and late style -- Turner's later works and contemporary criticism -- Constitutional contexts -- Self-awareness in the late works -- Withdrawal or engagement? -- Turner's late style -- 'Keep my pictures together' - Turner's legacy -- Art and its afterlife -- Style and singularity.

Subject Terms:

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 -- Criticism and interpretation. | Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 -- Last years. | Painting, English -- 18th century -- 19th century. | Art, English -- 18th century -- 19th century. | Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. | Art, English. | Last years of a person's life. | Painting, English.

Form/Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contributors:

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. Works. Selections.