The emerging field of neuroeducation, concerned with the interaction between mind, brain and education, has proved revolutionary in educational research, introducing concepts, methods, and technologies into many advanced institutions around the world. The Educated Brain presents a broad overview of [...]
In this absorbing analysis of the life and art of J M W Turner (1775-1851), Barry Venning argues that it is necessary to look at Turner's work in its original contexts in order to understand thoroughly the painter's creative decisions. His early career was dominated by the Napoleonic Wars, and on hi[...]
The life of one of Western art's most admired and misunderstood painters
J.M.W. Turner is one of the most important figures in Western art, and his visionary work paved the way for a revolution in landscape painting. Over the course of his lifetime, Turner strove to liberate painting from an ant[...]
This 1909 text presents a discussion of the main events and key phases in the process of Italian unification.[...]
This Art Book contains 132 selected annotated reproductions of watercolors and paintings from J. M. W. Turner. Joseph Mallord William Turner was English artist, one of the greatest and most imaginative painters who put on a pedestal landscape painting. Although renowned for his oils, he is as well[...]
The aim of this book is to provide clear and concise information about the safe prescribing of insulin both subcutaneously and intravenously. It provides information on the different types of insulin, the delivery devices, side effects of insulin and, most importantly, on rational dose adjustment.[...]
The H.M.S. Temeraire, one of Britain s most illustrious fighting ships, is known to millions through J. M. W. Turner s masterpiece, The Fighting Temeraire (1839), which portrays the battle-scarred veteran of Britain s wars with Napoleonic France. In this evocative new volume, Sam Willis tells the ex[...]
When the prolific British painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) died at the age of 76, his contemporaries held a generally negative view of his recent work, describing it as indulgent, eccentric, and even repulsive. But over the past century, a number of curators and critics have reasses[...]
The Art of Fine Gifts: One of Britain's most celebrated and popular artists, J.M.W. Turner was a master painter of landscapes and an experienced water-colourist. This calendar features a range of Turner's works from the skilled Venice, the Bridge of Sighs to the breathtaking Regulus this calendar is[...]
The English Romantic painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 - 19 December 1851) was a brilliant landscape artist, a watercolourist and printmaker. His style, powerful and fierce, melding the elements with humankind are thought by many to have prepared the way for Impressionism. In his [...]
One of Britains most celebrated and popular artists, J.M.W. Turner was a master painter of landscapes and seascapes. This calendar features a range of Turners atmospheric depictions from Tate collections, from Norham Castle, Sunrise to The Sun of Venice Going to Sea. Informative text accompanies eac[...]
One of Britain's most celebrated and popular artists, J.M.W. Turner was a master painter of landscapes and seascapes. This calendar features a range of Turner's atmospheric depictions of British seascapes from Tate collections, from The Chain Pier, Brighton to Snow Storm - Steam Boat off a Harbour's[...]
J.M.W. Turner is probably the greatest painter Britain has ever produced. Both profoundly original and astonishingly prolific, he helped transform landscape painting into an expressive art form of enormous range and power. This book reveals the extent to which Turner wanted his paintings to communic[...]
Turner's sketchbooks were private things which he kept tohimself. They might live for some time, rolled up in his coatpockets or travel bags, to be pulled out as need arose. In thestudio, they served as memory banks for future work.The sketchbook reproduced within this unique publicationincludes wat[...]
J. M.W.Turner (1775-1851) was perhaps the most prolific and innovative of all British artists. His outstanding watercolours in the collection of the National Gallery of Scotland are one of the most popular features of its collection. Bequeathed to the Gallery in 1899 by the distinguished collector, [...]
For many men with prostate cancer, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) offers hope for controlling the disease and increasing life expectancy. The side effects of treatment, however, can leave you with unexpected physical and emotional changes. In "Androgen Deprivation Therapy: An Essential Guide for[...]
Big art for little hands, these enchanting activity books allow young artists to explore the world's masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to colour outside the lines.[...]
This book is a distinctive fusion of philosophy and technology, delineating the normative landscape that informs today's technologies and tomorrow's inventions. The authors examine what we deem to be the internal norms that govern our ever-expanding technical universe. Recognizing that developments [...]