Turner's Sketches and DrawingsFinberg, A. J. (Alexander Joseph)
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Turner's Sketches and Drawings
Finberg, A. J. (Alexander Joseph)
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
The content of Turner’s later work, 120
Relation of Turner’s later work to Impressionism defined, 121
The historical development of Turner’s later manner, 126
The Petworth sketches, 126
Discovery of the artistic value of the Indeterminate, 128
‘Rivers of France,’ 129
Venetian sketches, 131
Swiss and Rhine sketches, 134
The end, 135
IX. CONCLUSION, 136
The distinction between Art-criticism and Aesthetic, 136
The aim of this chapter, 137
Art and physical fact, 137
The ‘common-sense’ conception of landscape art as evidence of fact, 137
Mr. Ruskin’s treatment of the relation of Art and Nature, 138
His confusion of Nature and Mind, 140
Art as a form of communication implies that the dualism of Nature
and Mind is overcome, 143
What does Art represent? 144
An individualised psychical content present to the mind of the
artist, 145
Classification of Turner’s sketches and studies from the point of
view of their logical content, 146
The assertions in a work of art do not directly qualify the
ordinary real world, but an imaginary world specially constructed
for the artist’s purpose, 150
The ideal of complete definition, 151
Yet the content must determine the form, 151
Plea for a dynamic study of Artistic form, 153
INDEX, 155
LIST OF PLATES
All the Drawings are in the National Gallery, unless otherwise
specified.
(The numbers, etc., in brackets refer to the position of the Drawings in
the Official Inventory.)
The Pass of Faïdo, St. Gothard,....._Frontispiece_
Water Colour. 1844. (CCCLXIV. 209.)
PLATE.....PAGES
I. St. Vincent’s Tower, Naples,....._Between_ 6-7
Water-Colour. About 1787. (I.E.)
II. Central Portion of an Aquatint by Paul Sandby, after
Fabris, entitled ‘Part of Naples, with the Ruin’d Tower of
St. Vincent.’ Published 1st Jan. 1778,....._Between_ 6-7
III. Radley Hall: South Front, ....._Facing_ 11
Water-Colour. About 1789. (III. D).
IV. View on the Avon, from Cook’s Folly,....._Facing_ 14
Water-Colour and Ink. About 1791. (VI. 24).
V. Lincoln Cathedral,....._Between_ 20-21
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