A Ship Yard by Muirhead Bone

A Ship Yard Possibly 1917 - 1918

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print, etching, engraving

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print

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etching

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landscape

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cityscape

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engraving

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modernism

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realism

Copyright: National Gallery of Art: CC0 1.0

Muirhead Bone made this print of a shipyard, we don't have the date, but it's like a symphony of lines. Look at how the lines pull your eyes in different directions, creating this incredible sense of depth, like you could almost walk into the scene. It's not just a picture; it's an experience of being there. There’s this one bundle of lines converging at the bottom right that just sings! It's a mess, but a purposeful one. You can feel the density and complexity of the shipyard, all the activity and industry. It reminds me a little of Piranesi, who also was very interested in the depiction of complex architectural space. But Bone brings a slightly different sensibility, maybe a slightly more modern one. What do you think?

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