The Deluge by J.M.W. Turner, Genesis 7:17-23, Bible.Gallery
The Deluge created approximately 1804 Its dimension is 235cm wide and 143cm high and it was drawn with oil on canvas style.
Artwork Description
The Bible was a prime source of subjects that were both sensational and intellectually elevated. A critic commenting on this painting of the Biblical flood admired ‘that severity of manner which was demanded by the awfulness of the subject’. Turner does seem to be referring to the ‘severe’ style of the 17th-century French artist Nicolas Poussin. He also connected the picture to the poetry of John Milton, the most severely Sublime of poets.
Artist : J.M.W. Turner