I am pleased to report that Sublimesites has received a second commission from the Pilkington Anglo-Japanese Cultural Foundation. This will fund site research in May into the topography of a wonderful later painting by Turner of Heidelberg.
Heidelberg, c.1844-5
Oil on canvas, 52 × 79 ½ ins (132 × 201 cms)
Tate, London, N00518
Photo courtesy of Tate
To view this image in Tate’s own catalogue of the Turner bequest, click on the following link, and use your browser’s ‘back’ button to return to this page.
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-heidelberg-n00518
I have always loved the extraordinary crowd, gathered as if at some prototype of Glastonbury to celebrate a great solstial event. More recently it has occurred to me that the topography requires some serious consideration. It may all turn out to be rather deeper than anyone has hitherto suspected! More (potentially much more) anon..
Sponsored by the Pilkington Anglo-Japanese Cultural Foundation
http://www.pilkingtonanglo-japaneseculturalfoundation.org/index.html
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