Romanist Flashcards
(21 cards)
When was Joseph Mallord William Turner born?
1775-1851
What is Jospeh Turner regarded as?
The artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivaling history painting
Was he successful during his career?
Yes, his work was exhibited when he was still a teenager
What did Turner leave in his will?
- Under litigation
- 19,00” watercolors, oils
- national Gallery & Tate Gallery
What did JT become known as?
The painter of light
Where was JT born?
Convent Garden, London
-entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1789
What was JT’s style?
Contemporary technology
-controversial
Name two paintings of JT
Rain, steam and speed
Snowstorm
What is the painting, Rain, Steam and Speed of?
- Maidenhead Railway Bridge
- Brunel’s design in 1837-1839
- View towards London
- Royal Academy
- watercolor
- positive existence of colour
Describe and discuss JT’s Snowstorm
- Elemental Vortex
- steamboat (symbol of mankind)
- lashed to the back of a ship
- romantic ideals w/ twists
- power of storm and mans inabilities
- Natural elements
- untamed brushwork
- swirling composition of chaotic colours
What is the composition of JT’s Snowstorm?
- circle around the canvas
- true human frailty
- lighting helps w/ light brush strokes
- quick and focused
- predominately neutral palette
- illuminate ship w/ shadows
What story comes with JT’s Snowstorm?
Hannibal and his army crossing the alps
When was John Constable born?
1776-1837
Where was constable born?
Suffolk, England
What did Constable once say?
“Should paint my own places best”
“Painting is but another word for feeling”
Name two paintings of John Constable?
They Hay Wain
The Flatwood Mill
Was John Constable successful in his career?
Not financially
Elected at to the royal academy at age 52
What did the Hay Wain win?
A gold medal at the Paris salon
How did JC paint?
“No two days are alike”
- atmospheric effects
- movement
- open air
- finished in the studio
- full-size sketch oil
- influences by romantics&impressionists
Describe and discuss The Hay Wain
- Suffolk, Flatford
- still as they were: cottage, haymakers, horse drawn cart
- created in the studio & sketch in oil
- Royal academy 1821
- awarded gold medal by Charles X
Discuss and describe Flatford Mill?
- idyllic countryside
- men working on a river
- particularly disdainful of his contemporaries
- beauty if the countryside
- distinctive techniques
- river and path off in the distance
- broad vista
- symmetry
- impasto technique
- natural light
