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Categories for the Description of Works of Art


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Watercolor

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: watercolor
Controlled list Authority
Classification Terms: prints and drawings
            European art
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Titles or Names Text: Conway Castle, North Wales
    Preference: preferred
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Creation Creator Description: Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775-1851) Free text
  Identity: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Role: painter
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  Creation Date: 1798 
Earliest: 1798  Latest: 1798
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Style/Period/Group/ Movement Indexing Term: Romantic Authority
Measurements Dimensions Description: 53.7 x 76.5 cm (21 1/8 in. x 30 1/8 inches) Free text
  Value: 53.7 Unit: cm Type: height
Value:
76.5 Unit: cm Type: width
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Materials and Techniques Description: watercolor and gum Arabic washes with graphite underdrawing Free text
  Material Names:
                        watercolor Role: medium
                        gum arabic Role: medium
                        graphite Role: medium
                        paper Role: support

Technique Names: underdrawing
                        wash technique
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Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
                        seascape
                        Conway Castle (Wales)
                        ocean
                        coast
                        storm
                        fishermen
                        rocks
                        struggle
                        Classical architecture
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Descriptive Note Text: The Welsh landscape exerted a strong hold on Turner, and he made several sketching trips there in the 1790s. In this early Romantic painting, Turner represented the dramatic effects of natural light, allowing sunshine breaking through the clouds to illuminate the castle and the coast beyond. Free text
  Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum online Page: accessed 10 February 2004 Authority

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Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United States) Repository Numbers: 95.GC.10 Authority



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Revised 17 February 2015