William Henry Fox Talbot, Loch Katrine, 1845
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sub, 1805The two images above represent the aesthetics of the Romantcism movement in the 19th century. The Romantics sought to portray the sublime and the beautiful through their artwork. The photograph represents the beautiful while the painting by Blake represents the sublime.
The photograph by Talbot represents the beautiful rather than the sublime because it exhibits a softness. This softness is due to the soft light that radiates throughout the composition. The composition itself is very proportional, which creates an overall peaceful effect in the photograph.
The painting, on the other hand, depicts the sublime. It's more powerful than the photograph and contains elements of storminess and terror. That demon near the top of the frame is definitely terrifying. Vastness, another characteristic of the sublime, is also present and is represents by the blackness that surrounds the figures in the painting.
The photograph by Talbot represents the beautiful rather than the sublime because it exhibits a softness. This softness is due to the soft light that radiates throughout the composition. The composition itself is very proportional, which creates an overall peaceful effect in the photograph.
The painting, on the other hand, depicts the sublime. It's more powerful than the photograph and contains elements of storminess and terror. That demon near the top of the frame is definitely terrifying. Vastness, another characteristic of the sublime, is also present and is represents by the blackness that surrounds the figures in the painting.
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