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Turner: A Life [Paperback]

James Hamilton (Author)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Sceptre; New Ed edition (15 Jan 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340628111
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340628119
  • Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 13 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 309,849 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Landscape painter J.M.W. Turner was reticent about his private life. In this blend of biography and art history, the author introduces Turner to a new generation, scotches many Turner myths, and depicts him as a giant of the 19th century and a beacon for the 21st.

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5.0 out of 5 stars the definitive life of Britain's greatest artist, 22 May 2001
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Hamilton is solid on the details of Turner's remarkable life, but this is more than just a biography. There are some fascinating and stimulating suggestions about the origins and meanings of many of Turner's greatest paintings, making this an exciting piece of art criticism as well as a work of great scholarship.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic and very readable for the non-expert., 5 Jun 2002
This review is from: Turner: A Life (Paperback)
As someone who has always liked Turner's work from a not very knowledgable basis, I decided I wanted to know more, and bought this book.

It was just what wanted, and has fuelled my curiosity - I want to know more now! I also thouroughly enjoyed the way the book put his life in context of the enormously important period of history that he lived through.

My only critisism was that I would have liked more examples of his work within the book.

I also discovered an interesting coincidence (?) with a quote attributed to Turner and the Beatles song "I don't want to spoil the party". Well, John Lennon was an art student....

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4.0 out of 5 stars Impressively detailed, 7 Jun 2011
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From his birth to his last breath, James Hamilton has amassed a wealth of detail about the life and work of J M W Turner, in what is undoubtedly to remain the definitive work for some time to come. Apart from Turner himself, we also get something a portrait of the times he lived in, and his work is considered as part of the social and historical context - I had not realised just how much of his work incorporated subtle hidden or rather more overt social and political commentary.

The plates are relatively limited in number, so it would be a good idea to have a comprehensive book of reproductions to hand whilst reading, or else use the internet; one minor annoyance here is that it is not always made clear in the text when a work referenced is now lost or else in a private collection with no photograph available. One further annoyance is with the printing itself - to pack so much information into such a small book the text is a little on the small side and extends right towards the spine making it a little difficult to read. Nevertheless a recommended work.
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