Pen and ink and watercolour 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
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Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Lecture Diagram 14 Terminology Perspective Joseph Moxon
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
abstraction
diagrammatic
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
geometric
inscriptions
Moxon, Joseph
named individuals
non-representational
notes and diagrams
people
perspective
symbols and personifications
visual illusion
<p>Turner’s second lecture was devoted to the terms and procedures of standard perspective. He included terminology used by now lesser known writers, such as the English hydographer and mathematician Joseph Moxon. Turner owned a copy of his manual Perspective, or Perspective Made Easie, published about 1670, which included pop-up illustrations.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique pen ink watercolour
Lecture Diagram 14: The Terminology of Perspective of Joseph Moxon
support: 482 × 600 mm
Mount:593 × 710 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="text15">Turner’s second lecture was devoted to the</span><span class="text0"> terms and procedures of standard </span><span class="text16"><a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/perspective" title="Glossary definition for 'Perspective'"><span>perspective</span></a>. He included terminology used</span><span class="text0"> by now lesser known writers, such as the English hydographer and      mathematician Joseph Moxon. Turner owned a copy of his manual </span><span class="text14">Perspective, or Perspective Made Easie</span><span class="text0">, published about 1670, which included pop-up illustrations. </span>
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