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The sinking of the Minotaur, 1793

-In this work the painter represents a shipwrecked ship and the fundamental intent is to represent the force of nature. -What is represented is a hostile, apocalyptic and powerful nature that overwhelms everything around it; it is a destructive nature, but which at the same time retains its great charm and its sublimity. - The contrast between man and nature is also symbolically represented: man cannot do anything against the devastating power of nature, he only has to submit to it.

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These elements make this wok, and others belonging to the same phase of Turner's artistic career, one of the most direct precedents of much painting of the second half of the nineteenth century which, from the Impressionists onwards, increasingly abandoned the realistic representation of forms static and defined.

The slave ship, 1840

The landscape is nothing but a tumult of light, color and movement that makes the figures and the pictorial space itself vague and indefinite, which seems to extend beyond the perspective limits

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

-William Turner, born in 1775 in London.- Renowned for his romantic landscapes, he also distinguished himself as a historical painter. -Turner opened his own studio in 1807 and started the Liber Studiorum. -He traveled in Europe, especially Italy, influencing his art. - He did not stop traveling until his health became poor, even facing problems with alcoholism. -He died in 1851 and was buried in London with a solemn funeral.

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the sea of ice, 1823

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-"The Sea of ​​Ice" by Caspar David Friedrich depicts the sinking of HMS Griper in the North Sea, with the ship fragmented among icebergs.- The landscape evokes anxiety and human helplessness. -Friedrich transforms the historical event into a metaphor of human fragility in the face of nature and divine eternity. - The work reflects the human obsession with exploration and can be interpreted as a political allusion to post-Napoleonic Germany.

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The solitary wanderer evokes a sense of introversion and spiritual quest. Friedrich uses fog to amplify the power of the imagination. "The Wanderer on the Sea of ​​Fog" expresses the human search for meaning and the feeling of smallness in the face of the greatness of nature.

The painting "The Wanderer on the Sea of ​​Fog" by Caspar David Friedrich presents the human being in the foreground, a rarity in the artist's work. The man from behind stands on top of a cliff, looking at the panorama in front of him.

The Wanderer on the Sea of ​​Fog, 1818

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-Caspar David Friedrich, born in 1774 in Greifswald. -He moved to Dresden in 1798 and consolidated his artistic position with exhibition at the Academy the following year. -The 1820s saw the turning point of his career with commissions from Tsar Nicholas I. -However, in 1835 a serious illness forced him to abandon painting . -His death in 1840 in Dresden led to a period of oblivion, but his work returned to attention in the 20th century.

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Sea port with the embarkation of the Queen of Sheba

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The white cliffs of Rügen

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