How Did William H. M. Turner Influence The'shipwreck '?

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Part 1: William H.M. Turner’s artwork, The Shipwreck, is a painting of ships at sea. The sky is covered with dark and gray clouds. The sea is large compared to the tiny ships and men. The waves crash into the ships, tilting them over and logs of wood float across the water. The men are panicked and desperately trying to row against the harsh waves. The Shipwreck is a good example of the Romantic art movement. It shows an emotional disaster and a view on nature, which was what Romanticism was. Turner influenced later artists and movements like Post-Impressionism. Another artwork by William H.M. Turner is The Slave Ship, a very abstract painting of a ship and the sea. The sun is setting and paints the sky and clouds with warm colors, creating a calm …show more content…

While The Slave Ship has a more blurred look, all the colors are blended together. In the painting, it gives a horror feel and the texture is scratchy and you can see each line in the bright pale sky. Both paintings are chaotic and convey emotions with the waves, but The Shipwreck is more drastic and desperate. In The Slave Ship, the sky is entirely different from the sea, it is paler and full of colorful gradients and the sea is dark and lifeless. Part 2: William H.M. Turner’s painting, The Slave Ship, portrays the history of the slave trade, where “It comes from the common, brutal and macabre practice in the Middle Passage route of the Atlantic slave trade of throwing unwell slaves overboard.” (Everiss, para. 4. The adage of the adage. When you look at the painting, there are several slaves in the water with their hands reaching out. The idea behind The Slave Ship was to convey the horrors of these slave ships and to create an emotional feeling towards the painting. The chains on the legs and arms, the hands extending out and the blood fading into the water reveal what Turner was conveying in his