| Joseph Mallord
William Turner 1775-1851
The Thames near Windsor ?exhibited
1807
Oil on canvas
support 890mm x 1195m
painting
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/WorkImage?id=14592
The water surface in the middle distance becomes predominant since
it occupies the whole of the central vista and it reaches the foreground;
the water surface is no longer contained in the land, the land is
within the water, and the observer is above it.
The ropes have a sagging movement vertically which may be mistaken
for a horizontal arc
The shadowed parts may be used to convey an impression of circular
vision, as the oblique and curved shadowed furrows in Turners Petworth,
with Tillington Church in the distance (c.1830) http://www.tate.org.uk/ |
