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Eye Candy for Today: Caligula’s Palace by Turner

Caligula's Palace and Bridge, Joseph Mallord William Turner
Caligula’s Palace and Bridge, Joseph Mallord William Turner

On Google Art Project. High-res downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Tate Britain.

It’s paintings like this that earned Turner the appellation “Painter of Light”.

Caligula’s Palace and Bridge, Google Art project

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One response to “Eye Candy for Today: Caligula’s Palace by Turner”

  1. The softness of the light gives the works such an ethereal look. I’d say the appellation was more than deserved.