Monday, 21 October 2013

John Martin's (Visual Studies)



John Martin's
This is one of martin’s works that is on show in the Tate Brittan exhibition apocalyptic this picture depicts The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, and is one of many works that he produced while working. He manages to capture the destruction and power of what’s hitting Pompeii, but also in some ways makes it look beautiful with the light braking though the back of the scene hitting Pompeii then the use of the reds and oranges in the sky creating something that is striking and amazing to look at but at the same time shows such destruction.


http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/john-martin-apocalypse (link to tate website)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2039467/John-Martin-Destruction-Pompeii-painting-restored-Tate-Britain-exhibition.html#ixzz2iLYGCSjt  (image source)

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