How do you think Turner has depicted this brand new industrial architecture and the technology it supports?
Does it seem like a scar on the landscape, particularly in comparison with the subtle outline of the road bridge on the left of the picture?
Or do you think Turner has presented it in a more positive way, excited by the dramatic potential of this latest industrial achievement?
More Paintings to explore:
- Monet, 'The Gare St-Lazare', 1877
- Gaertner, 'The Friedrichsgracht, Berlin', probably 1830s
- Pissarro, 'The Boulevard Montmartre at Night', 1897
