turner

“Light is therefore color.” – J. M. W. Turner 🌅 Admired for his stunning light effects and master renditions of natural landscapes, J. M. W. Turner dominated British landscape painting throughout the first half of the 19th century. In this painting from 1841, Turner depicts an episode from Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” in which the sea god Glaucus hopes for the favor of the beautiful ocean nymph Scylla. Here, Scylla flees from the outstretched arms of her would-be lover, who has been transformed into