1800 - 1860 landscape takes prominence. Land and spirituality inspired by visionary William Blake. The smallness of man (18th century motif and point of transition into modern age). Transition from painting to photography, painting as stage, an empty canvas to fill, vs. analogue photography as a slice of reality that is tied to the moment and site the photo was taken. (Beate Gutschow, Aperture LS/S)
Sea as stage for human drama, fate beyond control, struggle with nature, powerlessness. Like Turner's transcendent late vision where country and inhabitants dissolve into light and colour. (Varnishing Day - as Constable declared: "Turner has been here and fired a gun.")
Sea as stage for human drama, fate beyond control, struggle with nature, powerlessness. Like Turner's transcendent late vision where country and inhabitants dissolve into light and colour. (Varnishing Day - as Constable declared: "Turner has been here and fired a gun.")
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