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Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm by Joseph Mallord William Turner (c (media.mstdn.social)
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Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm by Joseph Mallord William Turner (c.1836-7)@visualarts Art Institute of Chicago 🖼#ArtHistory #AnimalsInArt #MuseumArchive #galleries #glam #ArtMuseum

rocky seashore scene with some peasantish people to the right, carrying animals and belongings as if in flight, their small size emphasizing the magnitude of the upper registers: to the left, dark storm clouds towering, and in middle in background a snow-topped mountain.
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[–] 1 point 3 months ago

Incredible use of color from far away it looks so abstract.

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