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Nicola Moorby (Author)

Turner and Constable: Art, Life, Landscape

0, Born just fourteen months apart, one in London and the other in rural Suffolk, J. M. W. Turner and John Constable went on to change the face of British art The two men have routinely been seen as polar opposites, not least by their peers. Differing in temperament, background, beliefs, and vision, they created images as dissimilar as their personalities. Yet in many ways they were fellow travellers. As children of the late eighteenth century, both faced the same challenges and opportunities. Above all, they shared common cause as champions of a distinctively British art. Through their work, they fought for the recognition and appreciation of landscape painting--and in doing so ensured their reputations were forever intertwined and interlinked. Nicola Moorby offers us a fresh perspective on two extraordinary artists, uncovering the layers of fiction that have embellished and disguised their greatest achievements. For Turner & Constable is not just a tale of two artists; it is also the story of the triumph of landscape painting.

Alan MacEachern (Author)

Becoming Green Gables: The Diary of Myrtle Webb and Her Famous Farmhouse

In 1909 Myrtle and Ernest Webb took possession of an ordinary farm in Cavendish, Prince Edward Islan

Alexandra Popoff (Author)

Ayn Rand: Writing a Gospel of Success

A deeply researched biography of the prominent and divisive writer Ayn Rand, whose pro-capitalist