J.M.W. Turner's masterpiece of Rome's churches on view at Getty
ART DAILY
March 7, 2011
CALIFORNIA--The J. Paul Getty Museum announces that J.M.W. Turner's masterpiece Modern Rome - Campo Vaccino (1838-39) is on view at the Getty Center. The recently acquired painting shows a view of Rome from the Capitoline Hill, as if looking from high in the air down upon the Campo Vaccino in the center of Old Rome, revealing the noble ruins surrounding the ancient forum and a number of still-active Baroque churches. In the foreground appears a group of women, children, and goats, in picturesque contrast to the religious procession in front of the church of Santi Luca e Martina in the near distance below. [link]
March 7, 2011
CALIFORNIA--The J. Paul Getty Museum announces that J.M.W. Turner's masterpiece Modern Rome - Campo Vaccino (1838-39) is on view at the Getty Center. The recently acquired painting shows a view of Rome from the Capitoline Hill, as if looking from high in the air down upon the Campo Vaccino in the center of Old Rome, revealing the noble ruins surrounding the ancient forum and a number of still-active Baroque churches. In the foreground appears a group of women, children, and goats, in picturesque contrast to the religious procession in front of the church of Santi Luca e Martina in the near distance below. [link]
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