J.M.W. Turner and the Subject of History

Download or read book J.M.W. Turner and the Subject of History written by Leo Costello and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J.M.W. Turner and the Subject of History is an in-depth consideration of the artist's complex response to the challenge of creating history paintings in the early nineteenth century.Structured around the dual themes of making and unmaking, this book examines how Turner's history paintings reveal changing notions of individual and collective identity at a time when the British Empire was simultaneously developing and fragmenting.