Background
Turner, Almon Richard was born on July 28, 1932 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Louis Alexander and Margaret (Mather) Turner.
(For courses in Renaissance Art. This text offers an incis...)
For courses in Renaissance Art. This text offers an incisive and original account of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Florentine art in its social, cultural, political, geographic, economic and religious settings. Ranging in scope from monumental and public artworks to the intimacy of the domestic interior, it explores artistic patronage and the working conditions of artists in a way that is fully accessible to the inexperienced reader.
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( This volume reveals the beauty and history of one of th...)
This volume reveals the beauty and history of one of the great Florentine villas, La Pietra, and the extraordinary Anglo-American family that restored it to its former glory and ultimately bequeathed it to New York University. The book tells the story of the Villa and the Acton family and includes a lively, insightful text by noted art historian A. Richard Turner, along with an elegant introductory essay by Cristina Acidini Luchinar, of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage. The book brings to vibrant life the expatriate community in Florence in the Acton family members, including Sir Harold Acton, the aesthete, scholar, and legendary host; the Acton’s restoration of the Villa’s magnificent Renaissance garden; the remarkable art collection amassed by the Actons; and the making of La Pietra’s new role as an international study and conference center.
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( As he examines the changing views of Leonardo since the...)
As he examines the changing views of Leonardo since the sixteenth century, A. Richard Turner both gives the reader a cultural history in brief of western Europe during this period and provides a context for examining Leonardo's relevance to our own ways of perceiving and interpreting the world.
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(For courses in Renaissance Art. This text offers an accou...)
For courses in Renaissance Art. This text offers an account of 14th and 15th-century Florentine art in its social, cultural, political, geographic, economic and religious settings. Ranging in scope from monumental and public artworks to the intimacy of the domestic interior, it explores artistic patronage and the working conditions of artists.
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Turner, Almon Richard was born on July 28, 1932 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Louis Alexander and Margaret (Mather) Turner.
AB, Princeton University, 1955. Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1959.
Instructor in fine arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1959-1960; from instructor to professor art and archaeology, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1960-1968; professor fine arts, Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1968-1974; dean faculty, Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1970-1974; professor fine arts, president, Grinnell (Iowa) College, 1975-1979; professor, director Institute Fine Arts, New York University, New York City, 1979-1982; dean faculty arts and science, New York University, New York City, 1982-1985; professor department fine arts, New York University, New York City, since 1985; director New York Institute Humanities, New York University, New York City, 1986-1993; Paulette Goddard professor in arts and humanities, New York University, New York City, since 1994.
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( As he examines the changing views of Leonardo since the...)
(For courses in Renaissance Art. This text offers an incis...)
(For courses in Renaissance Art. This text offers an accou...)
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Board directors Pinelands Preservation Alliance, since 2007. Member College Art Association, Century Association, New Jersey Aubudon Society (1st vice president 1990-1993, president 1993-1996), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Jane Beebe; children: Louis Hamilton, David Alexander.