Popular painter John Martin specialized in vast religious works featuring minuscule figures. Those influenced by his powerful canvases included Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Bronte Sisters. Here Martin masterfully blends a heroic landscape with an intricate history genre piece, for a stunning Biblical panorama.
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, c.1816, Oil on CanvasJohn Martin British (1789 - 1854) |
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Popular painter John Martin specialized in vast religious works featuring minuscule figures. Those influenced by his powerful canvases included Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Bronte Sisters. Here Martin masterfully blends a heroic landscape with an intricate history genre piece, for a stunning Biblical panorama. |
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