Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight
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by Joseph Mallord William Turner
Type: Painting
Date:
Location: National Gallery of Art
Description:
This seascape not only uses perspective but also uses color to convey distance. The scene is captured with an impressionistic like style even though it was painted long before impressionism existed.
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