Turner's art

Modern Western art history, two have a great landscape painter in the United Kingdom. Turner and his small one-year-old Constance compatriots, they naturally found in the "real world", in the landscape to express the depth of emotion, has not been recognized by contemporary viewers - simply say that they different from those of classical landscape painting from the same period of the original advance in the public and critics. When they reflect the landscape in the landscape is different from the traditional perspective and distance, clear any recognized body type, they have to suffer a cold or the accused.
As some scholars have analyzed it as: "the public needs Turner to give them a strong emotional appeal of the themes of Romanticism, but it does not need his break with the reproducibility of the practice of the form; On the other hand, they appreciate the realism of the Constance , but I do not like Ruskin said that he 'for the next theme, such as pathological preference' ( "the style evolution of the history of Western art," the Nair, Ouyang Ying, Xiao Ming Fan Translation). " Of course, their works at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Gallery or the display of their own, individual vision of the critics and collectors are also economic and public opinion to support them.

The history of painting is often recognized as the Western painting tradition of painting the most important species. In order to gain one seat to the status of landscape painting, Constance to expand the size of the landscape as "6 feet" in order to challenge the history of painting. Turner early fame on the one hand, the reason is that he follow the example of Poussin and the handling of perspective in space and clarity on the scene described a model for the establishment of the landscape will be the performance of the specific details and circumstances of the Dutch landscape and fascinating seascape paradigm, joined the British regional climate characteristics, such as changing sea and air gloomy, cloud-filled valleys and Wu, scattered on the side of hills and forests and small villages, castles,
As well as the City of London ... ... These are the viewers and sponsors welcome.

He is able to obtain a certain prestige on the other hand, the reason is that the introduction of landscape painting in the history of the legendary and actual events, which makes the moral landscape carrying the feelings and the reality of narrative and enhance the status of painting. Turner will be in France, Poussin; Italy, Titian, Tintoretto; the Netherlands, Rembrandt, and others composition, perspective, lighting and other means to absorb into its own work. Would like to take this, viewers and collectors to see the eyes of advocates because of the way artists and respected artists classics.

But perhaps the public and collectors are not concerned about how Turner absorbed in its own way and change the past and contemporary masters of the art concepts and techniques, this is exactly what Turner to create the characteristics of genius. So when Turner and legends of history, painting realistic description of the incident in accordance with its own logic of development, not as expected as the public has a detailed story of the details and start; when he works out of the clear perspective sketch and, more "unprecedented" access to "chaos" of the realm, the public dismay and resentment, it happened.

Personalized approach to the classical interpretation of the Dutch landscape and the development of landscape painting tradition of landscape painting Turner an important contribution to development. "Snowstorm - Hannibal led his army over the Alps," It works from the subject matter, you can think of David in 1801, "Napoleon crossing the Alps." But the two works lies not only in different styles - David as a representative of neo-classical, more inclined to use precise, linear sketch depicts the ideal hero. And Turner's expertise as a romantic painter's brushwork is free and play up the rhythm of volatile atmosphere.
Their difference is more conceptual art, that is, how to deal with people. In the David painting, Napoleon as a heroic painting of conquerors to occupy center of the Horseshoe A FLIP Napoleon posture and steady rotation of clouds and background into "possible" the momentum of the home. Horse Shoe, as the flat line between the extension to connect remote steep mountain, landscape painting in the background to the characters Ma and Wei tall. The Turner painting prominent "scene" with the forces of nature in order to contrast the situation of human weak. In this type of comparison, the human or natural fury was penalized, either can be a huge natural The amount received under the pressure of the spirit of adoption beyond the test. "Snowstorm - Hannibal led his army over the Alps," rather than painting over the natural barrier to combat the armed forces, as that tiny painting of a huge human and natural balance of power. And Dawit different compositions, the natural scenery, as the protagonist, the main screen to occupy the entire space, while the figure in the tilt of the horizon below the bottom line along the frame to start. People's "small" natural background "great." If it is only to see from the size of the proportion of poor contrast, then the performance of the content of view, is the Turner line of sight will be more penetrating insight into the history of the curtain fell on life figures Shipped with the natural climate of eternal strength and power of the moment. Painting is in the army of Hannibal the second Punic war in the beginning stage, they overcome countless difficulties, hardships and dangers in crossing the Alps. Facing the road and rock avalanches tumble, and sometimes the local people to resist rolling boulder; army to diffuse in the snow in the scuttling of frozen rock hard to find channel, the legendary soldiers grilled with rock, snow burning of irrigated hot rock, rock and see the breakdown of sunlight penetration gorgeous ... ... Hannibal's army of countless deaths and injuries, by 37 left for the war as a, 6000 cavalry horses lost, 40,000 infantry 20,000 left ... ... but Han Nigeria won the strategist is out of this amazing battle.

In fact the prospect of painting is to Hannibal and the dangerous situation of the armed forces described indirectly out of: a pair of life-and-death struggle of the fighters, a boulder down the soldiers, several cutting stone wall pushed the officers and men, as well as the blizzard of haze in the hands of soldiers, torch ... ... painter deliberately distant hillside draw elephants Hannibal forces, which diffuse in the snow in the mountains it is so tiny! The most important position on the screen is dark clouds rolled the sun suddenly appeared, a huge bright light from warm clouds flying cliff breaking... ... atmosphere turbulence and unrest, the sun's strong light and dark, the storm and the roll home,Risk of death march and fight for survival and the determination to purchase, the tremendous natural and human energy of the unfortunate juxtaposition, at the same time, the struggle of human will and nature of abuse and letting things take their own home ... ... that the different nature of things, antagonistic contradictions things put on the same screen, leading to a tendency in the cognitive and emotional tension, changeable; the sense of uncertainty and unease.

2009-6-27