Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Townsend, Joyce
Title:
How Turner painted : materials & techniques / Joyce H. Townsend ; [with a contribution by Tony Smibert].
Alternate Title(s):
Materials and techniques
Published / Created:
London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2019.

©2019
Physical Description:
168 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-158) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / Nicola Moorby -- Introduction: An artist ahead of his time -- One. Innovative ways of using watercolour -- Two. Making oil paint do everything Turner wanted: Modified paint media -- Three. Finished paintings and 'Varnishing days' -- Four. Turner's toolkit: Processes for creating a composition -- Five. Paintboxes, palettes and colours in an industrial age -- Six. Working like Turner: A contemporary artist's perspective / Tony Smibert -- Seven. Changes in appearance with time: Appreciating Turner today.
Subject Terms:
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851 -- Criticism and interpretation. | Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851 -- Aesthetics. | Painting, British -- 19th century. | Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. | Painting, British. | Aesthetics. | Turner, Joseph Mallord William, 1775-1851. | Maltechnik.
Form/Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contributors:
Smibert, Tony, contributor. | Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. Paintings. Selections.