Taschen Turner 8 from the symbolic world of

from the symbolic world of Byzantine icons and the humanistic values of the Renaissance to the nascent beginnings of conceptual practice

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the city landscape expands both outwards and upwards

Though famed for his dramatic use of color

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Taschen Turner 8 from the symbolic world ofEnter a world of ravishing light and colour. English Romanticist J. M. W. Turner transformed the essence of landscape painting from serene contemplative scenes to pictures pulsating with life, as if the sun itself were gleaming out of his canvases. Discover the shimmering works and wide repertoire of the father of light, who pit the Industrial Revolution against the scorching forces of nature. Hardcover, 21 x 26 cm, 96 pages.