Graphite 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 18 Principles Rectilinear Perspective after Thomas Malton Senior
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
building - non-specific
diagrammatic
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
Malton, Thomas
named individuals
people
perspective
townscapes / man-made features
<p>One of Turner’s main objectives in Lecture 2 was to show the relative simplicity of the discipline. This diagram illustrates various principles of rectilinear perspective: the branch of standard, or linear, perspective dealing solely with straight lines.</p><p>While the diagram may at first sight ‘appear rather intricate,’ Turner explained that with perseverance it is in fact ‘analyzable’.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
16 March 2019 – 31 May 2019
2019-05-31
16 March 2019 – 31 May 2019
2019-05-31
2019-03-16
MK Gallery (Milton Keynes, UK)
2019-03-16
The Lie of the Land
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Lecture Diagram 18: Principles of Rectilinear Perspective (after Thomas Malton Senior)
support: 674 × 1000 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="text14">One of Turner’s main objectives in Lecture 2</span><span class="text0"> was to show the relative simplicity of the discipline.      This diagram illustrates various principles of rectilinear <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>: the      branch of standard, or linear, perspective dealing solely with straight      lines. </span>
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<span class="text15">While the diagram may at first sight ‘appear</span><span class="text0"> rather intricate,’ Turner explained that with      perseverance it is in fact ‘analyzable’. </span>
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architecture building - non-specific diagrammatic emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities Malton, Thomas named individuals people perspective townscapes / man-made features
CXCV 61