A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno

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"A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno" is an 18th-century landscape painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, celebrated for its dramatic chiaroscuro depiction of a coastal cave illuminated by striking natural light.

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A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landscape painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artisticFeature chiaroscuro ⓘ
dramatic lighting ⓘ
strong contrasts of light and shadow ⓘ
artisticSchool British art ⓘ
artisticTechnique oil painting ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Joseph Wright of Derby ⓘ
creatorAlsoKnownAs Joseph Wright of Derby ⓘ
creatorBirthName Joseph Wright ⓘ
creatorLifespan 1734–1797 ⓘ
creatorNationality English ⓘ
depictionType coastal landscape ⓘ
marine landscape ⓘ
depicts Gulf of Salerno ⓘ
cave interior ⓘ
coastline ⓘ
grotto ⓘ
natural light ⓘ
rock formations ⓘ
sea ⓘ
genre landscape art ⓘ
hasPart figures near the cave entrance ⓘ
rocky cave walls ⓘ
view of sea beyond cave opening ⓘ
inception 18th century ⓘ
influencedBy Grand Tour experiences of the 18th century ⓘ
Italian coastal scenery ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
locationOfSetting Gulf of Salerno ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
coast of southern Italy ⓘ
mainSubject coastal cave ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
notableFor dramatic chiaroscuro depiction of a coastal cave ⓘ
naturalistic rendering of light entering a grotto ⓘ
period 18th-century art ⓘ
theme dramatic natural phenomena ⓘ
interaction of light and darkness ⓘ
sublime nature ⓘ
title A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno ⓘ

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Joseph Wright of Derby paintings → notableWork → A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno ⓘ
A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno → title → A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno ⓘ