Romanticism · 1812
Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps
Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps (1812) by J. M. W. Turner. Its palette is led by graphite (#343b44, 25%) and pale sand (#c5b58a, 25%). Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color note
Turner was an early, eager user of new pigments, especially chrome yellow, and his late work dissolves scenes into light and color. Some of his materials were unstable, so a number of his paintings have faded or changed.
Palette
- #343b44 MG 218 graphite 25.3% of canvas
- #c5b58a MG 180 pale sand 25.2% of canvas
- #575a57 MG 210 slate 19.8% of canvas
- #858170 MG 174 warm grey 14.9% of canvas
- #9c9683 MG 173 putty 14.8% of canvas
Color families
Brown 41%, Gray 37%, Yellow 8%, Black 7%, White 4%
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Composition
61% of the visual weight is in the left half, 51% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.08 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 51% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 32% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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