The picture shows great emotion of terror or fear. for that reason it fits into the era of Romanticism. The Snow Storm by J. M. W. Turner is a painting of a ship within a snow storm and depicts fear from the crew that is on the ship.
J. M. W. Turner was born the23rd of April in 1775. He died the 19 of December 1851. He was born in London to William Turner and Mary Marshall. His sister died at a young age which caused his mother to go insane and die in 1804. He went to the Royal Academy of Art at age 14. He was interested in architecture, but he was advised to keep painting by the architect Thomas Hardwick.
This painting depicts a different kind of emotion. The soft, bright colors show a calmness and a relaxed emotion of a sunny day. Though the emotion is not defined in the Romanticism definition it is still considered a powerful emotion in the Romanticism era.
Romanticism was the style of showing powerful emotion through painting. Emotions such as terror, horror, awe, and trepidation.
J.M.W. Turner fits into this area because of how he uses soft colors to depict emotion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._W._Turner
http://www.ellensplace.net/turner.html
Sam Elliott
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