What is NOT true of J.M.W. Tuner’s painting Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth?
a. He used the impasto method.
b. He scratched the surface with his brush.
c. He used a wet into wet method.
d. He did “not paint it to be understood.”
e. He tried to conceal his hand.
e. He tried to conceal his hand.
a. Incorrect. Turner did use the impasto method in this painting, for instance for the central light source.
b. Incorrect. Turner did scratch the surface of the painting with the back of his brush.
c. Incorrect. Turner did use the wet into wet method to paint the dark, swirling clouds in the corner of the painting.
d. Incorrect. Turner did not paint the painting to be “understood.” Instead, he wanted to give a sense of the experience of being in the storm.
e. Correct. Turner did not try to conceal his hand in this painting; the visibility of the brushstrokes are key part of the painting’s effect.
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