A Cachoeira de Terni, Itália (La Cascade de Terni) - Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
Terni - Itália
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OST - 42x55
While some of Corot’s paintings of the Cascata delle Marmore echoed his contemporaries' choice in using a vertical picture space or a closer perspective, with the present work he works on a bold, panoramic scale to convey the falls’ power. The saturated color palette captures the strong summer sun as it is absorbed by the deep greens and shadowy tones of dense forest. Though viewed from afar, expressive brushwork recreates the powerful torrents particularly the fan of water that flares out as it reaches the Cascate's lowest section. The artist accurately records the Z-shape of the falls as they disappear behind cliffs, clouds of mist contrasting with the richly textured landscape. At the same time, Corot boldly employs an almost abstract, repoussoir effect in the foreground’s loosely painted hills, offering an epic vantage point for the viewer. The carefully arranged and detailed composition points to Corot’s early study in the studios of Achille-Etna Michallon and Jean-Victor Bertin, who took an academic approach to historical landscape painting while encouraging sketching outdoors to accurately record nature. Corot uses his exacting technique to convey the emotional immediacy of standing before the awe-inspiring falls. As the artist explained:
“Beauty in art is truth steeped in the impression made upon us by the sight of nature. I am struck on seeing some place or other. While seeking conscious imitation I do not for an instant lose the emotion that first gripped me. Reality forms part of art, feeling completes it.”
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