Focus on this artwork and explain the Symbolism.
The yellow colouring of the painting is a reference to Goethe's Theory of Colour, which explains the colour yellow as being the first colour transmitted from light. The form of the painting is circular, symbolising the construction of the human eye, changing the focus of a typical linear splitting of space to a more subjective portrayal. The colour yellow is typically optimistic, but Turner captures the negativity of yellow by attaching the colour to a light that is subject to change.  The morning sun aspect of the colour is something transient.