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Travelling in Italy during Turner's lifetime

Balzaretti, Ross; Piana, Pietro; Watkins, Charles

Authors

Pietro Piana



Abstract

The number of British travellers to Italy in search of health, education and increasingly leisure grew substantially during Turner’s lifetime. Like Turner, travellers recorded their observations in journals and diaries, and some turned their experiences into printed books and guidebooks. This essay examines this material and provides a vivid insight into the rich environment that shaped Turner’s artistic development.

Citation

Balzaretti, R., Piana, P., & Watkins, C. (2015). Travelling in Italy during Turner's lifetime

Other Type Other
Publication Date Oct 19, 2015
Deposit Date Nov 5, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/763462
Publisher URL http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/ross-balzaretti-pietro-piana-and-charles-watkins-travelling-in-italy-during-turners-r1176438
Related Public URLs http://www.tate.org.uk
Additional Information This research article is part of a larger work, "J.M.W. Turner: sketchbooks, drawings and watercolours" (ISBN: 9781849763868), which is "a growing catalogue of the many thousands of original works on paper in Tate's collection, drawn mainly from Turner's bequest of his collection to the nation" (see http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner)