Download or read book "Turner's Whaling Pictures" The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 73, no. 4 (Spring, 2016) written by Alison Hokanson and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Bulletin centers around Turner’s depictions of whaling and seascapes. These expressive paintings, created when the artist was in his seventies, exemplify the boldly inventive style of Turner’s later years. The Bulletin explores Turner’s interest in images of whaling, considers the connections to Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, and discusses the enduring appeal of these evocative marine scenes.