Turner [antikvár]

North-West View, 1787 Watercolor, 12Vs" X 17" British Museum, London ENGLAND AND THE LANDSCAPE T, he work of Joseph Mallord William Turner represents a unique phenomenon in the history of painting: the successive achievement of two diametrically opposed styles of expression, implying a radical transformation of the sense of perception, the first style based on the continuation of an esthetic past, the second providing an example of a vision whose revolutionary power would be revealed in time to come The fact that this transition between two worlds of artistic creation, which marks the break between the classical age and modern times, was accomplished during the first half of the nineteenth century is not the least remarkable aspect of this phenomenon.