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In my opinion this painting is one of the most beautiful of Turner's paintings. Everything in it reminds to concept of the Sublime. "The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons" describes the scene in two different parts: the first one, at the bottom, is occupied by the calm water reflecting the fire and the smoke cloud, as men can just think about the destructive power they can't handle during a calm time, and the second part,on the top, is occupied by the high flames and the anger of fire which is represented in all its violence as it would want say to men how cruel an unexpected event could be. The strong contrast of colours highlights the unpredictability of events, infact we can see the red of flames surrounded by the light blue of the water and of the sky of a quite day. In my opinion this contrast would underline the unespected nature of events:we can anticipate some events (as we can do watching the bottom part of the painting), but when they come we are insignificant and useless in front of that dangerous power.

Caterina D'Alessandro VH


The big burning in the middle of the painting "catches" the interest of the viewers, the contrast between cold and hot colours create in me a lot of suspense.
In my opinion this picture is one of the highest exemples of the sublime, in fact it gave me a big sense of astonishment and I think it describes perfectly the great power of Nature.

Dario Tarantino.

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