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Rain, Steam, and Speed - The Great Western Railway
1844
The locomotive advances through rain and haze. Speed is not merely the subject; it changes how clearly the world can be seen.
Artist field note
J.M.W. Turner
Light makes the solid world unstable.
Appears inUnited Kingdom
The five in one idea
Turner used light and weather to unsettle the apparent solidity of ships, cities and machines, making landscape carry history as well as sensation.