The first picture that I choose is Slave Ship by Joseph Mallord William Turner. It is a striking example of the artist’s fascination with violence, both human and elemental. It was painted between 1775-1851. This painting was done on canvas with oil.It is one of Turner’s most celebrated works. The painting was based on a poem that described a slave ship caught in a typhoon. The real story is that the slave ship captain, Zong, in 1781 had thrown overboard sick and dying slaves so that he could collect insurance money available only for slaves “lost at sea.” In this painting Tuner captures the horror of the event and terrifying view of nature through a variety of colors that merge the sea and sky together. I picked this painting because when I first saw it I had no clue what it was. As I looked closely at the painting I realized that there was a ship sinking in the background and a plethora of fishes eating human bodies. The artist that painted this picture used a technique called churning, and he merged the sky and sea together which gives it a very different look and texture.
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