What horrible and disturbing things can we see in Turner’s 1840…

Question Answered step-by-step What horrible and disturbing things can we see in Turner’s 1840… What horrible and disturbing things can we see in Turner’s 1840 painting, The Slave Ship, if we look at it closely?  What characterizes Romantic painting? How does it approach emotion and nature? Why do Romantic painters use such frenzied (fast and unclear) brushwork? How is art like Turner’s a kind of self-investigation? What is the Enlightenment? What ideals did it value? How does the movement of Neoclassicism relate to Enlightenment values? How does Romanticism respond to Neoclassicism and its values? What true story is depicted in the painting’s foreground? What happened? What did Turner think about that historical situation? How did he respond? What does the irrationality of nature stand for in this painting? Based on Tamar Avishai’s ending comments, how can we see this artwork as promoting self-awareness?  Do you like this? Why or why not?  History World History ART 104 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)