In the work of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) lies an impact akin to a sudden acquisition of sight. His landscapes and seascapes scorch the eye with such ravishing light and color, with such elemental force, it is as if the sun itself were gleaming out of the frame.

Appropriately known as “the painter of light”, Turner worked in print, watercolor, and oils to transform landscape from serene contemplative scenes to pictures pulsating with life. He anchored his work to the River Thames and to the sea, but in the historical context of the Industrial Revolution, also integrated boats, trains, and other markers of human activity, so as to juxtapose the thrust of civilisation against the forces of nature.

This book covers Turner's illustrious, wide-ranging repertoire to introduce an artist who combined a traditional genre with a radical modernism.

邁剋爾•波科默爾（1943—2009）曾在德國慕尼黑市和波鴻市學習藝術史、哲學和教會史。1984年，他成為德國波鴻魯爾大學的一名教授，講授古典時代晚期、中世紀和現代早期的藝術史。1990年，德國威騰黑爾德剋私立大學授予邁剋爾•波科默爾藝術學、美學和藝術教育學教授職位。邁剋爾•波科默爾在Basic Art係列中著有《倫勃朗》捲和《透納》捲。