Love how passionate you are about Turner and Art! Great talk! I learned a lot. I wish the picture quality was better but we can always just look up his art! He was truly a master!
Nice talk, but wasn't it possible to upload better quality when half of the point is to show it? I seen a lot of documentaries and lectures of painters and most of them has so bad quality that you can't understand what is shown. I find that rather backwards. Almost as we where back in the 60s.
facts and understanding would have been welcome additions it's troubling in a lecture devoted to watercolor to have the lecturer refer to Turner's self portrait (very obviously painted in oils) as a watercolor also, she underestimates the size of "The Great Fall of the Reichenbach" by half - lazy scholarship; does not inspire confidence
At 2:20 min of the video, the picture on the left, is indeed his self-portrait in oil. Which is this work: www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-self-portrait-n00458 There is an earlier portrait too, but that one is in oil too, www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-self-portrait-at-the-age-of-sixteen-tw1072 And even earlier, is this one, www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-self-portrait-tw0523 and it is a miniature work (such miniature work was usually done in watercolour).
Wonderful talk. I wish it was in high-def.
Love how passionate you are about Turner and Art! Great talk! I learned a lot. I wish the picture quality was better but we can always just look up his art! He was truly a master!
Absolutely lovely!!!!
Great Lecture, thanks!
Nice talk, but wasn't it possible to upload better quality when half of the point is to show it? I seen a lot of documentaries and lectures of painters and most of them has so bad quality that you can't understand what is shown. I find that rather backwards. Almost as we where back in the 60s.
@martinaakervik
exactly my words .. but I think now, yt does it.
Passion and love in this lecture
facts and understanding would have been welcome additions
it's troubling in a lecture devoted to watercolor to have the lecturer refer to Turner's self portrait (very obviously painted in oils) as a watercolor
also, she underestimates the size of "The Great Fall of the Reichenbach" by half - lazy scholarship; does not inspire confidence
Nice to listen, but watch? Not possible..
Picture quality 240p? Really?
Sadly, .. it really hurts my eyes!
Is the works of Turner she was/is talking about still in New York and I missed where she said?
Thanks
Interesante gracias
Turner's self-portrait as a young man was an oil piece, not a watercolour as she mistakenly referred to it a number of times.
At 2:20 min of the video, the picture on the left, is indeed his self-portrait in oil. Which is this work:
www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-self-portrait-n00458
There is an earlier portrait too, but that one is in oil too,
www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-self-portrait-at-the-age-of-sixteen-tw1072
And even earlier, is this one,
www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-self-portrait-tw0523
and it is a miniature work (such miniature work was usually done in watercolour).
Great stuff. Turner was brilliant. However, as a watercolourist, Thomas Girtin was one step ahead. Sadly, a short career.
Poor quality video. A shame considering so many viewers will never see an actual Turner painting.
Those who talk about Turner knows nothing.