Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, June 2-Sept. 11, 2011, the Muzeum Narodowe, Krakow, Oct. 1, 2011-Jan. 8, 2012 and at Turner Contemporary, Margate, Jan. 28-May 13, 2012 "Exhibition, Inés Richter-Musso and Ortrud Westheider ; in collaboration with Zofia Gołubiew and Olga Jaros, Krakow, Victoria Pomery and Sarah Martin, Margate" Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-253)
Contents:
Turner and the four classical elements / Ortrud Westheider The whole and its parts : visual depictions of the four elements from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century / Michael Philipp Fire, water, air and earth : Turner as a painter of the elements / Inés Richter-Musso "Earth's humid bubbles" : Turner and the new understanding of nature 1800-1850 / James Hamilton The fusion of the elements in Turner's painting / Monika Wagner "Water, the image of the mind" : Turner's artistic metaphors / Barry Venning