Pen and ink on paper
I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Lecture Diagram 82 Elevation a Stoa or Portico after James Stuart
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architectural plan / elevation
architecture
classical
column
diagrammatic
emotions, concepts and ideas
entablature
features
formal qualities
inscriptions
periods and styles
portico
symbols and personifications
<p>Completed in outline form, this drawing of a classical portico allowed Turner to show how geometric elevations make it difficult to read the relationships and distances between columns and walls.</p><p>This is made particularly obvious when this drawing is compared to a ground plan of the structure’s exact arrangements (see the diagram shown to the left). As the elevation is a direct and flat projection of the portico from the side, the viewer cannot see how many columns are along the front of the building.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique pen ink
31 May 2004 – 8 November 2004
2004-11-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-05-31
Vanishing Point: The Perspective Drawings of J.M.W Turner
Collection based display
Lecture Diagram 8/2: Elevation of a Stoa or Portico (after James Stuart)
support: 674 × 1003 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
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<span class="text0">Completed in outline form, this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> of a classical      portico allowed Turner to show how geometric elevations make it difficult      to read the relationships and distances between columns and walls. </span>
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<span class="text14">This is made particularly obvious when this</span><span class="text0"> drawing is compared to a ground plan of the      structure’s exact arrangements (see the diagram shown to the left).      As the elevation is a direct and flat projection of </span><span class="text15">the portico from the side, the viewer cannot</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text14">see how many columns are along the      front</span><span class="text0"> of the building. </span>
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