Graphite on paper
Loire, Tours, Orleans and Paris Sketchbook
Loire, Tours, Orleans and Paris Sketchbook
Northern France c.1826-32
Northern France c.1826-32
France
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Loire, Tours, Orleans and Paris Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Blois Loire Valley
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
Blois, Church of St Vincent-de-Paul
Blois, Château de Blois
church
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
country house
France
periods and styles
places
religious
Renaissance
residential
<p>This book charts Turner's journey from a little to the west of Tours, up the River Loire to Orleans, and concludes with a group of studies in Paris. Tne focus of Turner's investigations wherever he stopped tended to be the distinctive architectural features. Thus at Blois he made sketches of the elegant bridge and the Renaissance facade of the great chateau. As is the case in the sketches displayed here, his observations were sometimes generalised, so that when he came to develop them in colour, he was also dependent on his memory and his knowledge of architectural logic. However, the view he developed of the Facade des Loges (no.124) ignored the asymmetry that adds such character to the actual building.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Blois, Loire Valley
support: 103 × 153 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
<p>This book charts Turner's journey from a little to  the west of Tours, up the River Loire to Orleans,  and concludes with a group of studies in Paris.  Tne focus of Turner's investigations wherever he  stopped tended to be the distinctive architectural  features. Thus at Blois he made sketches of the  elegant bridge and 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/r/renaissance" title="Glossary definition for 'Renaissance'"><span>Renaissance</span></a> facade of the  great chateau. As is the case in the sketches  displayed here, his observations were sometimes  generalised, so that when he came to develop them  in colour, he was also dependent on his memory and  his knowledge of architectural logic. However,  the view he developed of the Facade des Loges  (no.124) ignored the asymmetry that adds such  character to the actual building.</p>
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