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
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>
Lecture Diagram 7 St Georges Church Bloomsbury London
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
Bloomsbury, St George’s Church
church
emotions, concepts and ideas
England
features
fine arts and music
formal qualities
natural phenomena
objects
perspective
places
religious
sculpture
shadow
spire
tower
UK countries and regions
UK London
<p>According to the standard rules of perspective the sides of the tower should be shown as strictly vertical, but to give a greater sense of height Turner made some parts of the tower lean and twist. He did not do this in a consistent way and the building looks a little unstable. Although Turner objected to the way perspective showed tall buildings he did not develop a full alternative system for representing them.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
8 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
8 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-08
Nature and the Ideal; England c.1805-15
Collection based display
26 October 2012 – 26 January 2013
2013-01-26
26 October 2012 – 26 January 2013
2013-01-26
2012-10-26
Sir John Soane’s Museum (London, UK)
http://www.soane.org
2012-10-26
The World Monument Fund at 50
Loan-out
Lecture Diagram 7: St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, London
support: 735 × 467 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>According to the standard rules of <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 sides of the tower should be shown as strictly vertical, but to give a greater sense of height Turner made some parts of the tower lean and twist. He did not do this in a consistent way and the building looks a little unstable. Although Turner objected to the way perspective showed tall buildings he did not develop a full alternative system for representing them.</p>
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