‘Suffer a Sea-Change’: Turner, Painting, Drowning
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Monks, Sarah
Date published
2010
Abstract
This paper reflects upon the implications of J.M.W. Turner’s close and varied attention to the depiction of sea-water. In particular, Turner’s ability to suggest the liquid depths and gravitational force of the sea – most particularly in Snow Storm – Steam Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth – is read as a means by which alternative forms of sublime experience might be conveyed, ones in which drowning rather than ascendancy are at stake.
Journal title
Tate Papers
Issue
14
Publisher
Tate
Place of publication
UK
ISSN
1753-9854
Rights statement
In Copyright