During his tenure as Professor of Perspective at the Royal - TopicsExpress



          

During his tenure as Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy, (between 1807 and 1837) Joseph Mallord William Turner created 170 drawings, perspectives and diagrams in order to use them as visual aids for the lectures. Half of this material was assembled by the author before 1811 (Turner took over three years to prepare his lectures, researching a wide range of historic treatises as well as more contemporaneous sources) and subsequently improved, integrated or reworked until 1820. Altogether the diagrams depict a wide range of subjects related to both linear and atmospheric perspective. The author made use of a wide array of mode of presentation: from technical drawings to watercolours. To be visible, the drawings were particularly large: as much as two by three feet (about 60 x 90 cm), and installed upon adjustable supports. Read more:
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 21:25:25 +0000

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