http://calitreview.com/369 Book reviews, essays, and author interviews. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:08:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://calitreview.com/369/comment-page-1#comment-13320 Graham Fairfax Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:27:48 +0000 http://calitreview.com/topics/art/369/#comment-13320 In 2005 I was fortunate enough to have seen the Turner Whistler Monet exhibiton at Tate Britain, arguably the most impressive assemblage of their collective oeuvre of all time. The age of Romanticism, if it may be regarded thus,influenced many painters of the time.Shelley was a major driving force for Turner whilst Baudelaire,Swinburne and Mallarme,both of whom were students in Paris, inspired collectively the poetically haunting visions that Whistler and Monet committed to canvas.Undoubtedly,however,their greatest influence was provided by the 'soapsuds and - whitewash'of the true genius of one JWM Turner-England's greatest artistic visionary. Congratulations on a superb article. In 2005 I was fortunate enough to have seen the Turner Whistler Monet exhibiton at Tate Britain, arguably the most impressive assemblage of their collective oeuvre of all time.
The age of Romanticism, if it may be regarded thus,influenced many painters of the time.Shelley was a major driving force for Turner whilst Baudelaire,Swinburne and Mallarme,both of whom were students in Paris, inspired collectively the poetically haunting visions that Whistler and Monet committed to canvas.Undoubtedly,however,their greatest influence was provided by the ’soapsuds and – whitewash’of the true genius of one JWM Turner-England’s greatest artistic visionary.
Congratulations on a superb article.

]]> http://calitreview.com/369/comment-page-1#comment-11497 Susan Lloyd Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:59:25 +0000 http://calitreview.com/topics/art/369/#comment-11497 Wonderful review-really made me want to see the show. The quotes that will stay with me are "Turner gave his countrymen the art they needed to reflect upon, rather than the art they wanted to see" and "whatever Turner’s intention with this mystical, hypnotic work, the effect is nothing less than to present the moment of birth of modern art." Well done! Wonderful review-really made me want to see the show. The quotes that will stay with me are “Turner gave his countrymen the art they needed to reflect upon, rather than the art they wanted to see” and “whatever Turner’s intention with this mystical, hypnotic work, the effect is nothing less than to present the moment of birth of modern art.”
Well done!

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