Location: Tate Britain Gallery, London
So for an entrance, this has begun with motivation provided by a much needed dose of art.
The Tate Britain, situated along the riverfront of the Thames south from the Houses of Parliament, has on this visit a free exhibition, the Romantics. The Romantics is a collection of paintings and sketches by artists such as J.M.W. Turner, John Constable, and Henry Wallis, to name a few. The bulk of the exhibition are landscape and scene paintings, capturing dramatic views of the world.
One of the first major paintings near the entrance that captures the attention is John Crome's Slate Quarries, which despite the title subject inspires a degree of awe from the mountains in the background, captured beautifully in sombre colours, with clouds noticed to glide over their slopes.
Facing it, an eye-catching scene of the Battle of Trafalgar by Turner. Turner is by far the most dominant featured artist of the exhibition, with a variety of paintings by the artist, capturing landscapes, sea battles, classical scenes, all highlighting his life in the Navy as complementing that of his as a painter.
However deviating from the Navy and landscapes, are his classical scenes, the use of strong bright colour in Regulus, and the warm summer hues of The Bay of Baiae, with Apollo and the Sibyl.
However there is a wide range of other notable works by artists, such as The Reconciliation of Helen and Paris after his Defeat by Menelaus by Richard Westall, a carefully rendered scene with soft velvet features for the main characters.
Lastly, the second most featured artist, John Constable, also caught my eye in a few of his works, almost all of which were landscapes. Though seemingly not as creative or varied as Turner, he had some works that are really worth taking in, one very good example of this is Sketch for 'Hadleigh Castle'.
To conclude, a really good exhibition, and worth the visit if one has not. Though the Tate Britain boasts far more works on display, and other exhibitions, this one should be seriously considered, not least as it is free entry. Much and more would have been said of this if the author had a notepad to scribble down some notes.
Images yanked from the Tate Britain website.
So for an entrance, this has begun with motivation provided by a much needed dose of art.
The Tate Britain, situated along the riverfront of the Thames south from the Houses of Parliament, has on this visit a free exhibition, the Romantics. The Romantics is a collection of paintings and sketches by artists such as J.M.W. Turner, John Constable, and Henry Wallis, to name a few. The bulk of the exhibition are landscape and scene paintings, capturing dramatic views of the world.
One of the first major paintings near the entrance that captures the attention is John Crome's Slate Quarries, which despite the title subject inspires a degree of awe from the mountains in the background, captured beautifully in sombre colours, with clouds noticed to glide over their slopes.
Facing it, an eye-catching scene of the Battle of Trafalgar by Turner. Turner is by far the most dominant featured artist of the exhibition, with a variety of paintings by the artist, capturing landscapes, sea battles, classical scenes, all highlighting his life in the Navy as complementing that of his as a painter.
However deviating from the Navy and landscapes, are his classical scenes, the use of strong bright colour in Regulus, and the warm summer hues of The Bay of Baiae, with Apollo and the Sibyl.
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Lastly, the second most featured artist, John Constable, also caught my eye in a few of his works, almost all of which were landscapes. Though seemingly not as creative or varied as Turner, he had some works that are really worth taking in, one very good example of this is Sketch for 'Hadleigh Castle'.
To conclude, a really good exhibition, and worth the visit if one has not. Though the Tate Britain boasts far more works on display, and other exhibitions, this one should be seriously considered, not least as it is free entry. Much and more would have been said of this if the author had a notepad to scribble down some notes.
Images yanked from the Tate Britain website.
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