JMW Turner was a fascinating and enigmatic figure. Both astonishingly prolific and extraordinarily innovative, he is widely regarded as one of the most important painters of his age, whose pictorial imagination reconciled wide-ranging intellectual concerns with audacious explorations of both light and colour. This session explores some of the different ways in which light, in particular, fascinated and absorbed Turner throughout his career.
Course aim
This session serves as an introduction to the work of Joseph Mallord William Turner
Do I need any particular skills or experience?
- No previous experience is necessary - just a lively open-minded interest in art!
By the end of the course I should be able to:
- Recognise the key role of JMW Turner in the broader context of art history.
What else do I need to know?
A booklist and web sites together with a list of the images under discussion will be available online
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