"At the turn of the 18th century, history painting was the highest purpose art could serve, and Turner would attempt those heights all his life. But his real achievement would be to make landscape the equal of history painting." Lacayo, Richard, The Sunshine Boy, TIME Magazine, 11 October 2007. [1]Archivado el 24 de agosto de 2013 en Wayback Machine.
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"At the turn of the 18th century, history painting was the highest purpose art could serve, and Turner would attempt those heights all his life. But his real achievement would be to make landscape the equal of history painting." Lacayo, Richard, The Sunshine Boy, TIME Magazine, 11 October 2007. [1]Archivado el 24 de agosto de 2013 en Wayback Machine.