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TURNER
"Most of the
key works are reproduced, and the text details their genesis, execution,
original exhibition, and the reaction of Turner's contemporaries to
them. Those allusive anecdotes which so illuminate the genius of that
small, secretive and competitive Londoner, here vitalize and are revitalized
by the documentary contexts of their retelling." |
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"To give account
of Turner's universal achievement which should bring something fresh
to our understanding and not be a mere repetition or echo of all that
has gone before was an exacting task demanding exceptional qualifications.
Mr. Graham Reynolds has successfully accomplished it . . . An exceedingly
happy blend of narrative and perceptive, sensitive criticism."