Joseph Mallord William Turner
Sunset, ?circa 1830-5
Bequeathed by the artist 1856
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Sunsets in a box
November 2006, Tate Britain
The artist JMW Turner is well known for creating spectacular landscapes.
You will find that many of these paintings are illuminated by
glowing sunsets. To capture the light effects for yourself in
miniature, take a regular shoe box and create a three dimensional
landscape in the box using card, tissue paper, fabrics and other
odds and ends found around the house. To create different light
effects shine a torch through the holes, in the top of the box
and look through a hole at the end of the shoebox.
Top tips!
- A shoe box is the perfect size for this activity however
you may wish to try other boxes.
- Are you going to create a landscape from your imagination
or one that you have perhaps seen?
- What can you see in Turner’s landscapes? Will you
include anything similar in yours?
- Remember to create two holes in the box one to view the
landscape and the second to let you shine the torch into the
box.
- Covering the hole with coloured cellophane then shining
the torch through it will give your landscape a different
atmosphere.
- What title would you give your landscape?
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