. A short history of art . although as a challenge to Claudes seriesof drawings it is unfair and proves nothing, since it wasexecuted under different conditions and in a different way. However, having demonstrated, as he believed, that hewas the equal of Claude, he proceeded, as he expressed it,to be Turner. He abandoned the classical character of com-position for one more nearly resembling the artlessness ofnature. Yet, he cannot be classed with Constable as a nat-uralistic painter, for his oil pictures are expressive of aromantic temperament, which indulged in majestic and dra-matic concepti
. A short history of art . although as a challenge to Claudes seriesof drawings it is unfair and proves nothing, since it wasexecuted under different conditions and in a different way. However, having demonstrated, as he believed, that hewas the equal of Claude, he proceeded, as he expressed it,to be Turner. He abandoned the classical character of com-position for one more nearly resembling the artlessness ofnature. Yet, he cannot be classed with Constable as a nat-uralistic painter, for his oil pictures are expressive of aromantic temperament, which indulged in majestic and dra-matic conceptions, evolved from his own imagination. Espe-cially did he devote himself to the study of light, atmos-phere and movement, and his grandest and most characteristicworks are those in which he uses these effects to in-terpret his dreams of nature. Unfortunately, many of themhave suffered through the haste, or carelessness, with whichthe pigments were mixed and applied. Turner led a curiously secretive life, which appeared to. 2 f^ Ij ^ rt bfi c: t:! <; o crt ed M Tl W OJ r^ n ./I +- y< bJJ ;3 H of) (T cC .0 lii -*- ^S a H ? rt ^ >% O j3 ?aa
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