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Even among Venice's many distinguished artistic visitors, Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 775–1851) remains one of the few to find a true echo of his own sensibility in the unique qualities of this sublime floating city. His career was remarkable for its successes and its innovations yet his images of Venice were quickly recognized by their first viewers as some of his most magical, luminous works. Turner's vision remains as vital today, expressing as it does the often inchoate and funereal qualities of the Venetian experience. Written in German.