Elizabeth Spain
19th Century
Article review
Andrew walker
Walker’s main argument is about Turner’s The slave ship exhibition history. Arguing, how displaying a work of art can influence it’s meaning. Also the social significance it has on people. This leads into his major points for his argument. Basically, the slow transformation it had on people through the history of the work’s exhibition. It all began, in 1840 at the royal academy. Critics were outraged by it’s “painterly and coloristic excesses and by it’s disturbing subject matter”. (subject matter- a ship caught in a typhoon were its cargo, slaves, were being thrown overboard.) Then Critic Ruskin became enthralled by the painting, praising it to others. Until he became sensitive …show more content…
Hooper placed the piece on loan at Boston’s museum of the arts, until 1879. Where, educated museum folk saw the moral lesson of turner’s interpretation of the slave trade. The museum placed the painting on an easel in the main gallery along side Ruskin’s famous description, printed for all to see. Which would shift people’s perception from an image of color specks into an image of protest. This leads to walker’s argument of “how does the public display of a work of art influence it’s meaning.” The constant battle of supporters trying to point out the moral meaning of the painting grew. Then Hooper’s death in 1879 resulted in the painting getting removed and placed in a family home for eleven years. In 1889, Frederick Farrar, published “social and present day questions?” He dedicates a whole chapter on relevance of art in contemporary life, where he singles out the slave ship as a national monument capable of influence the course of history.” The painting would later serve as part of a petition in the 1880s and 1890s. Lastly the physical relocation of painting from a private home to a museum, transformed the way people interrupted it. It went from political reproach to a masterpiece, In
19th Century
Article review
Andrew walker
Walker’s main argument is about Turner’s The slave ship exhibition history. Arguing, how displaying a work of art can influence it’s meaning. Also the social significance it has on people. This leads into his major points for his argument. Basically, the slow transformation it had on people through the history of the work’s exhibition. It all began, in 1840 at the royal academy. Critics were outraged by it’s “painterly and coloristic excesses and by it’s disturbing subject matter”. (subject matter- a ship caught in a typhoon were its cargo, slaves, were being thrown overboard.) Then Critic Ruskin became enthralled by the painting, praising it to others. Until he became sensitive …show more content…
Hooper placed the piece on loan at Boston’s museum of the arts, until 1879. Where, educated museum folk saw the moral lesson of turner’s interpretation of the slave trade. The museum placed the painting on an easel in the main gallery along side Ruskin’s famous description, printed for all to see. Which would shift people’s perception from an image of color specks into an image of protest. This leads to walker’s argument of “how does the public display of a work of art influence it’s meaning.” The constant battle of supporters trying to point out the moral meaning of the painting grew. Then Hooper’s death in 1879 resulted in the painting getting removed and placed in a family home for eleven years. In 1889, Frederick Farrar, published “social and present day questions?” He dedicates a whole chapter on relevance of art in contemporary life, where he singles out the slave ship as a national monument capable of influence the course of history.” The painting would later serve as part of a petition in the 1880s and 1890s. Lastly the physical relocation of painting from a private home to a museum, transformed the way people interrupted it. It went from political reproach to a masterpiece, In