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History of art The Romantic period:

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During the 18th century British art began to play an
important role in European Art. Particularly in the
Romantic Period (at the beginning of the 19th
century) the talents of some important painters
abstract
came to light. J.M.W. Turner and John Constable are
effects of light oleo (pintura al) the most influential of all British artists. The
feeling acuarela realista romantic passion for nature led to so called
painting representar “landscape painting”. They focused on the portrayal
abstracto of beautiful natural settings. They wanted to express
painter the feeling of a perfect communion with nature and
efecto de luz
landscape painting arouse beautiful memories.
sentimiento
oil
portrayal
pintor
J. M. W. Turner
to represent Joseph Mallor William Turner (1775-1851) is
pintura
realistic  considered one of the most impressive among the
paisaje English landscape painters. He was a sensitive
retrato observer and this ability allowed him to represent
watercolour
the changes that industrialisation caused in the

Joseph Mallord
William Turner,
Rain, Steam,
and Speed – The
Great Western
Railway,
1844, London
National
Gallery,
London.

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 English countryside. He painted beautiful
landscapes but they were not usually realistic
representations of nature. He wanted instead to give
a more subjective and lyrical vision of it. He is
known as the painter of light because he used light
John Constable
unit
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John Constable (1776-1837) normally painted pure
landscapes. He was against the artistic culture of the
time. He thought that artists didn’t compose the
pictures looking directly at nature but using their
to express feelings and impressions.
imagination. He often worked in open air, he wrote
notes on what he observed because he wanted to
1 Observar el cuadro. El título es Rain, represent his subjects with great precision. He used
watercolour and oil in his compositions. In October
Steam and Speed.
1816 Constable went to Osmington near Weymouth
Traducirlo al español. Responder las for his honeymoon; the idea for the painting probably
siguientes preguntas dates from this period. The landscape is represented in
1. What colour is predominant? a particular moment: the moment before the storm.
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2. What does it represent? 2 Marcar la respuesta correcta.
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1. What can you see in the picture?
3. Do you find it realistic?
 a beach  a hill  water
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 people  animals  the sky
Now, read the comment to it.  a city  a village
In this painting Turner emphasises form, 2. How would you define this composition?
movement and colour. The train, a symbol of  detailed  abstract  visionary
industrialisation, is predominant; the steam
 evocative  realistic  confused
that it produces covers and modifies the
environment around. Here he suggests the idea 3. What element in the painting is given particular
of a future that is advancing quickly and taking relevance?
over the past.  the beach  the sky  the sea

3 Traducir el párrafo
sobre John Constable.
Comenzar de la
siguiente manera:

"John Constable
(1776-1837) en
general pintaba solo
paisajes..."

John Constable,
Weymouth Bay, 1816,
Victoria & Albert
Museum, London.

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