A coastal landscape with shipwrecks and ruins 

Salvator Rosa was a prolific Italian painter known for his landscapes and seascapes. This dramatic, *Baroque* composition depicts a coastal scene of shipwrecks and ruins. The *ruins* of a building are juxtaposed against a rocky landscape, giving a sense of decay and transience. The figures in the foreground, dwarfed by the imposing structures, add a human scale to the scene. Rosa's painterly style, with its *expressive brushstrokes* and *strong contrasts of light and dark*, creates a sense of *turbulence* and *mystery*. This piece, characteristic of Rosa’s *marine* style, highlights the *sublime* nature of the natural world and the fragility of human existence.