Gordale Scar (A View of Gordale, in the Manor of East Malham in Craven, Yorkshire, the Property of Lord Ribblesdale) ?1812-14, exhibited 1815 by James Ward 1769-1859

Published April 17, 2015 at 970 × 768 in Face to Face with the Sublime
Gordale Scar, 1812-­‐14. James Ward. The British sublime. Chiaruscuro lighting, thunderous cloud, the cattle to provide scale to the falls. All to create a sense of dread in the viewer more →

Gordale Scar (A View of Gordale, in the Manor of East Malham in Craven, Yorkshire, the Property of Lord Ribblesdale) ?1812-14, exhibited 1815 James Ward 1769-1859 Purchased 1878 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01043