Joseph Mallard William Turner(J.M.W.William Turner,1775-1851)was one of Britain’s greatest artists in the early 19 th century.His surviving works of more than 300 paintings,mostly landscapes,in addition to a large number of watercolors and sketches.His paintings emphasize the expressive power of color,showing the inherent vitality of nature.He is good at portraying subtle changes in light and air,and he is well known to the public.Masterpieces are《The Fighting Temerarious》、《Rain,Steam,and Speed》、《The Shipwreck》、《The Slave Ship》etc.His special contribution in art history is reflected in the equal importance of landscape painting with historical painting and portrait painting.Together with John Constable,they are known as the two artists who truly separated British landscape painting from the influence of Dutch,French and Italian paintings and set themselves on the road to independence.Turner’s paintings are very unique and individual,which are embodied in the following four aspects.The first is the "technical" aspect of painting.Turner combined watercolor painting techniques with classical transparent painting techniques to form his own unique oil painting technique program.In the display of "style" of the work,it is reflected in the reconstruction of the "Baroque" style and the personalized presentation of the "Romantic" style.In terms of color usage,Turner uses color to represent "real vision" rather than "model vision",focusing on the depiction of "light color",and the colors are bright and full of movement.In terms of the selection of "themes",marine themes,industrial themes,landscapes,and historical events have always been several important choices for his creation.Turner for the first time depicts the impact of industrialization by naturally occurring changes in the landscape,with scenery such as the steam engine,railways and other industrial machinery,which has become a landscape painter Turner from other important mark.The factors that form the uniqueness of Turner painting include two aspects,inside and outside.Turner’s special experience and the dream of remaking Lorraine are the main aspects of its "internal cause".The special life experience makes Turner continuously enrich his accumulation of works in the "big trip",each time with different feelings and attitudes that he wants to express,making his painting methods constantly change,leading to the originality of style,The formation of the characteristics of "light color" and the current nature of painting subjects.Because of his longing for the "Lorraine" dream,and wanting to achieve the same level of artistic achievements as Lorraine,this spiritual pursuit has made him continue to explore and become more sophisticated in technique,style,and color,and continue to inspire Na’s persistent pursuit of art played a very important role in the formation of the characteristics of his painting art.The external factors come from several major changes in the European painting world in the middle and late 18 th century.One of them began to change in the choice of "subject matter".It is no longer a single religious subject matter,and people began to freely choose the subject matter of painting.Second,the changes in the way painting works.Traditional workshops have begun to be replaced by "academy".The exhibition of works more often uses "salon" as a new display "platform".In this sense,the exploration of the uniqueness of Turner’s art provides external conditions.Turner’s unique painting art has the following significance and value: "the current nature of the subject matter" changed the "tradition","pattern" and "scope" of Western painting subjects,and initiated the "theme" change of British and European painting.The "conscious personal style" highlights the awakening of the "subject" consciousness,and promotes and influences the western painting art to "personalize".The "uniqueness" of painting techniques opened a path for Western painting to go from "intellectual" to "visual".In the end,it influenced the new trend of painting in continental Europe and became one of the preludes to modern Western painting. |