Turner and the masters / edited by David H. Solkin ; with contributions from Guillaume Faroult, et al.

London : Tate Publishing, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. An exceptional paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; 240 p. : colour illustrations ; 30 cm. Notes; Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Tate Britain, 23 September 2009 - 31 January 2010 ; Galeries nationales (Grand Palais, Champ-Elys�es, Paris), 22 February - 24 May 2010 ; and at the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 22 June - 19 September 2010. Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-232) and index. Contents; Turner and the masters : gleaning to excel / David Solkin -- Facing up to the past : the old masters and the British School in Turner's London / Philippa Simpson -- 'Stolen hints from celebrated pictures' : Turner as copyist, collector and consumer of old master paintings / Ian Warrell -- Turner, Claude and the essence of landscape / Kathleen Nicholson -- Turner goes Dutch / Sarah Monks -- 'He said he held it very low' : Turner and contemporary French landscape painting in 1802 / Guillaume Faroult and David Solkin -- Education and emulation / David Solkin -- The academy and the grand style / Philippa Simpson and Martin Myrone -- Turner and the North / David Solkin and Philippa Simpson -- Painters painted : the cult of the artist / Ian Warrell -- Competing with contemporaries / David Solkin -- Turner paints himself into history / Ian Warrell. Subjects; Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) 1775-1851 ; Exhibitions. Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) 1775-1851 Contemporaries ; Exhibitions. Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) 1775-1851 Criticism and interpretation. Turner, William 1775-1851. Old master paintings and works of art ; Catalogs. Landscape painting, English 19th century ; Exhibitions. Landscape painting, European ; Exhibitions. Painting, British 18th century ; Exhibitions. Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) ; Exhibitions. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) ; Exhibitions. Watercolor painting England.