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| Keywords: JMW Turner - Modern Rome - Campo Vacino.jpg artwork Q6888851 Ten years after his final journey to Rome Turner envisioned the Eternal City through a veil of memory Baroque churches and ancient monuments in and around the Roman Forum seem to dissolve in iridescent light shed by a moon rising at left and a sun setting behind the Capitoline Hill at right Amidst these splendors the city's inhabitants carry on with their daily activities The picture's nacreous palette and shimmering light effects exemplify Turner at his most accomplished When first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1839 the painting was accompanied by a modified quotation from Lord Byron's masterpiece Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 1818 The moon is up and yet it is not night / The sun as yet divides the day with her Like the poem Turner's painting evokes the enduring sublimity of Rome which had been for artists throughout history less a place in the real world than one in the imagination The painting is in a remarkable state of preservation and remains untouched since it left Turner's hands Oil on canvas in 36 125 48 25 Getty Center http //www getty edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails artobj 324992 The J Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles CA exhibition history Exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition 1839 http //www flickr com/photos/rosemania/8336492161 Rosemania 2012-12-25 Creator Joseph Mallord William Turner public Joseph Mallord William Turner - Modern Rome; Campo Vacino JPG Joseph Mallord William Turner British - Modern Rome-Campo Vaccino - Google Art Project jpg PD-old-100-1923 DEFAULTSORT Turner JMW; Rome Campo Vaccino; Getty center Paintings by Joseph Mallord William Turner British paintings in the Getty Center Paintings by Joseph Mallord William Turner in the United States Forum Romanum in art 1839 Colosseum in art - Exterior 1839 1839 paintings Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery | ||||
