J.M.W Turner and the Sublime

reference to the work of Two of these artists; Turner, Martin, de

The ‘Sublime’ is a term that has had several meanings over a

period of time. The earlier usage would have been to describe very

emotional scenes, depicting romance, love and glory. Later ‘Sublime’

was used to mean deep thought provoking paintings of power, mans

subordination to the powers of nature and dark emotions.

This later meaning of the word is the one to which I will

compare Turner and Martin’s work. Turner’s early work was more

accessible than his later, almost abstract work, however the work

during his later years would possibly be easiest to find the elements

of the ‘Sublime’, One prominent painting, which exemplifies this

theory is ‘Hannibal and his army crossing the Alps, exh. 1

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