Turner on the Loire

Did you know that Turner invented many details that make its landscapes so impressive and picturesque? Let's take Nantes cathedral, for instance, when you look at the way Turner painted it you wander if it is the cathedral you go to every sunday morning. In fact, during the splendid exhibition of this Loire Valley sketches and paintings in Nantes in 1998, we discovered that a painter had no obligation to tell the true story about your home town... This book is full of sketches (Turner made a lot of them on the spot, then painted some of them when he was back in England). You will appreciate the exquisite colours palette and, if you plan to visit Loire Valley, you will bring this book with you.