Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Lucrezia

Lucrezia, oil on canvas, 24x20" (60x50 cm.) Sold in San Diego, California.
William Turner was a pioneer in abandoning the old belief that pictures should have a predominantly warm tonality, which was actually the result of old yellowing varnish. He had the idea of "cool collaboration", and used it for the subject of fire and water, in his painting: "The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons" (1834).
Lucrezia, oleo sobre canvas. Vendida en San Diego, California.
William Turner fue un pionero en abandonar la vieja creencia que las pinturas debian tener una tonalidad predominantemente calida, que en realidad era el resultado del barniz viejo volviendose amarillo. El tenia la idea de la colaboracion de los colores frios, que uso para el fuego y el agua en su pintura: "El incendio de las Casas del Parlamento". (1834). 

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