Graphite and watercolour on paper
I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
Italy
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 3 Lower Part Column Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Rome
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
classical
column
countries and continents
emotions, concepts and ideas
features
fine art and design, named works
formal qualities
Italy
military
objects
periods and styles
perspective
Piranesi, etching
places
Rome, Piazza Colonna, Column of Marcus Aurelius
soldier
stonework
work and occupations
<p>In a section of Lecture 1 devoted to sculpture, Turner compared this view of the base of the Antonine column to another drawing of its top. This allowed him to show how ancient Roman sculptors adjusted the proportions of the bas relief as it spiralled upwards in order to make it more visible to the spectator below.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 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
Lecture Diagram 3: Lower Part of the Column of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Rome
support: 552 × 774 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">In a section of Lecture 1 devoted to <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculpture</span></a>,</span><span class="text0"> Turner compared this view of </span><span class="text15">the      base of the Antonine column to another</span><span class="text0"> <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 its top. This allowed him to show how ancient Roman sculptors adjusted      the <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/proportion" title="Glossary definition for 'Proportion'"><span>proportions</span></a> of the bas <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/r/relief" title="Glossary definition for 'Relief'"><span>relief</span></a> as it spiralled upwards in order to make      it more visible to the spectator below. </span>
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