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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”.

Link:

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.