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 Romantic Landscape Era Upper Fall of the Reichenbach: Rainbow  (1810) by J. M. W. Turner This piece really stood out to me because even though so much of the same color of brown and whites are used to depict the mountainside it is still full of contrast and texture and the depth is shown so brilliantly with how small the human in the lower left corner looks and the magnitude of the rainbow show with it arching over the mountainside. The emotions I feel when seeing this are wonder and awe, it reinforces how vast and beautiful nature is. As one of my sources states when talking about landscape painting during this time period " These artists emphasized transient and dramatic effects of light, atmosphere, and colour to portray a dynamic natural world capable of evoking awe and grandeur."(Britannica).  John Constable - British -1776 - 1837 - Wivenhoe Park, Essex   1816 Oil On Canvas - Widener Collection I chose this piece because of the rich color contrasts and depth of the scen