exam TURNER CANA VERMEER

The first paddle tugs were steam powered which were first
introduced to Britain. They were used to tow vessels up and down
rivers, reducing the delays from having to wait for favourable tides
and winds. The tug was the wooden hulled Monarch which was built
by Edward Robson of South Shields in 1833. The tug was under 20m
long and fitted with a 20HP single cylinder steam engine.
The Monarch was acquired by John Watkins & William Ogilby in 1834
and served the port of London until it was scrapped in 1876.
It is portrayed a black and brown colour. This is not only the colour of
the tug but it also depicts the colour of death in this case as it taking
the Temeraire off. It has steam coming out showing the viewer it is a
steam boat and it is pulling another ship.
One of the attributes of a romantic painter is that they tend to use a
triangular form, having the main feature at the point of the image.
For this case, the Temeraire is the point of this triangular form. A
white small craft farther down the river has been painted. However,
the small boat and the third boat on the far-right may seem like they
have no purpose but it is helping to form the triangle and even out
the image. Turner also uses a second triangular form, using a blue to
frame around the three boats to broaden them the surface. This
layout was also used by artists like Caspar David Fredrich.
Caspar David Fredrich
The Wanderer Above the Sea
and Fog
1818, oil on canvas
98 × 74 cm
Kunsthalle Hamburg