"J.M.W. Turner," accompanying the largest exhibition of his work ever presented in the US, shows how Turner’s revolutionary depictions of light, color and atmospherics in the landscape—combined with his understanding of the sublime in nature—made him among the most acclaimed and keenly studied European artists in the New World. Landscape painting was seen as the art form most closely allied to the identity of the newly independent nation, and Turner’s majestic works served as a model for a new generation of American painters. Available in both hardcover and softcover. The exhibition "J. M. W. Turner" is on view at the Dallas Museum of Art February 10 through May 18, 2008. |