Graphite and watercolour on paper
II. Various Perspective Diagrams
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
II. Various 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 Colour Circle No2
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
colour theory
diagrammatic
education, science and learning
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
Harris, Moses, ‘Natural System of Colours’
inscriptions
light
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
notes and diagrams
society
symbols and personifications
<p>Turner was one of the first theorists to explore the differences and relationships between ‘aerial’ colours, as in light (see the diagram to the left), and ‘material’ colours, as in pigments. In his lecture he explained how the colours of light mix to produce white, while a mixture of material colours creates black.</p><p>This diagram is based on a prismatic circle from a book by Moses Harris entitled Natural Systems of Colour about 1770. It shows how in pigments the three primary colours – yellow, blue and red – mix to make a muddy grey.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
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
2 February 2013 – 6 May 2013
2013-05-06
2 February 2013 – 6 May 2013
2013-05-06
2013-02-02
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2013-02-02
Rosa Barba: The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple
Loan-out
7 March 2017 – 18 June 2017
2017-06-18
7 March 2017 – 18 June 2017
2017-06-18
2017-03-07
Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Turin, Italy)
2017-03-07
Colori
Loan-out
Lecture Diagram: Colour Circle No.2
support: 550 × 758 mm
frame: 700 × 914 × 30 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">Turner was one of the first theorists to explore the      differences and relationships between ‘aerial’ colours, as in      light (see the diagram to the left), and ‘material’ colours, as      in pigments. In his lecture he explained how the colours of light mix to      produce white, while a mixture of material colours creates black. </span>
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<span class="text14">This diagram is based on a prismatic circle</span><span class="text0"> from a book by Moses Harris entitled </span><span class="text13">Natural Systems of Colour</span><span class="text0"> about      1770.  It shows how in pigments the three primary colours – yellow,      blue and red – mix to make a muddy grey. </span>
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colour theory diagrammatic education, science and learning emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities Harris, Moses, ‘Natural System of Colours’ inscriptions light literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) notes and diagrams society symbols and personifications
CXCV 179