TheOrator.Press Art News & Reviews Page. ‘Turner Decoded’ A Sky Arts Original Written & Presented By Dr. Nicholas & Erica Wilkinson Who Claim To Reveal Undiscovered Codes In Paintings By The Turner Prize Namesake – J.M.W Turner. Arguably Not Totally Persuasive But A Great Insight Into The Art of Intrigue And Mystery-Making! September 2023

Turner: The Dogana & San Giorgio Maggiore (Lake) 1834. Notice The Reflections In The Water Something Turner Was Famous For. Also Notice The Four Main White Flags. The Wilkinsons Maintain The White Flag Is An Important Element of Turner’s Coding.

JMW Turner (1775-1851)(Commonswikimedia.Org): The Bridge of Sighs, The Ducal Palace And The Customs House (1833).

The Bridge of Sighs Is So Called Because It Is The Pathway From The Crowded But Free And Liberal Waterways of Venice To The Local Prison And It Is Said People Sighed Upon Making That Particularly Sad Crossing. Dr Wilkinson Purports That Casanova Is Depicted By Turner Having Breached The Prison Wall And Escaping In A Gondola.

Canaletti & Vivaldi

Whilst Painting On The Famous Victorian Grand Tour (Which The Middle Classes Took Through Europe As A Gap Year) Turner Referred To “Canaletti” ‘The Sons of Venice’ (Plural) Not Just Canaletto ‘The Son of Venice’ (Singular). In Doing So He Was Referencing Various Notable Venitians. Including The Four Seasons Composer ‘Vivalidi’ And The Artist Canaletto Himself, And The Notorious Prolific Lover ‘Casanova’.

Casanova

Casanova Seen Escaping From Jail In A Gondolier. He Was Also One of Turner’s “Sons of Venice”. As Was Vivaldi.

Il Quattro Stagioni Written By Vivaldi. Performed By Il Giardino Armonico @ilgiardinoarmonico

Monet

Turner’s “Late Style” As Defined By The Experts Is Said To Be: “Distinct & Indistinct At The Same Time”. “Diaphanous.” “Impressionist.” “Painting Light.” As Well As The Fighting Temeraire Being Described By Historian Elsa James As “Visible & Not Visible” @thisisrealelsajames

Monet Was Born In The Same Year Turner Painted The Slave Ship (1840). He Died In France 1926. 75 Years After Turner.

Keelmen Heaving In Coals By The Moonlight (1834) Is Turner’s Twin Painting (Non-Identical Twin Painting) To The Dogana (1834) (Above) As Commissioned By A Client. It Reflects The Movement And Management of Coal On And Around The River Tyne, Newcastle, North West England, During The Industrial Revolution. Coal Fuelled Factories, Mills, Railways, Steam Trains And Ships During The Golden Age of Steam. Turner Has Captured So Much Activity & Detail Here. We Love The Ongoing Arch of Light Across The Sky.

Monet: The Dogana & San Giorgio Maggiore Circa 1908 – 1912. Although French Artist Monet Reportedly Only Visited Italy Once (With His Wife) The View From His Hotel ‘Across From The Dogana & San Giorgio Maggiore (Lake) Inspired His Impressionist Painting of It (With Light & Seascape Style Pioneered By Impressionist Painter JMW Turner). Turner Also Painted This Waterway Scene (Above: Diagonal Left). Clearly They Each Saw The Dogana From Different Angles And In Different Lifetimes. Joseph Mallord William Turner: 1775 – 1851 (British Impressionist Painter of Landscapes & Seascapes) Died Aged 76. Oscar Claude Monet: 1840 – 1926 (British Impressionist Painter of Landscapes & Seascapes) Died Aged 86.