Feeling of Consummation: Turner and Emmerich

Joseph Mallord William Turner became known as 'the painter of light', because of his increasing interest in brilliant colours as the main constituent in his landscapes and seascapes. On the other hand, Roland Emmerich is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer who works mostly in the disaster and action genres. Emmerich directed Independence Day, an alien invasion feature, released in 1996; next, he directed the American Revolutionary War epic The Patriot and The Day After Tomorrow, which is a 2004 American apocalyptic science-fiction film that depicts the catastrophic effects of both global warming and global cooling in a series of extreme weather events that usher in a new Ice Age. 2012 is a 2009 science fiction disaster film based loosely on the 2012 phenomenon.

As well as Turner, who based his pictures in natural disasters, and landscapes of destruction and sadness in the world. Both, they used colours to emphasize the dramatic scene, the predominant basic colors and solid, and the use of reflexes. Turner's first period is marked by mythological and historical scenes in which the coloring is subdued and details and contours are emphasized. Both, also used monuments socially representatives for its emotional value. Currently, Roland uses computer images and animations, applying realistic effects such as reflections in water and wind action on objects, as Turner did in his painting “The Burning of the Houses of Parliament”, which clearly note the direction of wind and fire intensity. These techniques give a realistic effect that impacts the viewer through their feelings of sadness, fear and helplessness.

Alive Sculptures

Bernini, made a new kind of European sculpture, as well as Theo Jansen is doing the same at this time. Bernini was a sculptor, painter and architect and a formative influence as an outstanding exponent of the Italian Baroque. He was an exceptional portrait artist and owes to his father his accomplished techniques in the handling of marble, and clearly influenced by Caravaggio.
The Rape of Proserpina shows beautifully what a master Bernini was with stone. He integrated fabulous detail in these figures, enough to make one forget he was even using stone and not soft malleable clay to create this sculpture. He shows Proserpina’s lips, slightly opened, as if she were screaming and begging for help. Upon closer examination, one would notice the delicately crafted marble tears that look as though they are literally dripping down her face. Her face is so realistic it truly looks as if she is in agony and could scream. The way Pluto’s hands wrap around Proserpina gives the impression that his fingers are digging into her soft flesh. Bernini paid careful attention to detail, and again upon closer inspection, the viewer should notice the lifelike fingers and flesh he added to this piece.
Theo Jansen is a Dutch artist who builds walking kinetic sculptures that he calls a new form of life. His newest “creatures” walk without assistance and powered by wind. The walking sculptures look alive as they move, each leg articulating in such a way that the body is steady and level. They even incorporate primitive logic gates that are used to reverse the machine's direction if it senses dangerous water or loose sand where it might get stuck. His new dynamic art bring us the great and shocking sense of realism, as Bernini did with his masterpiece in marble in early XVII Century. Alive sculptures

Sculpture in Movement by Theo Jansen:

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