How does Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows elucidate its Symbolic metaphor?
This painting was a personal statement of his turbulent emotions and his changing states of mind. The sky reflects this turbulence and shows his emotional state of being.Possible political meanings have been attributed to it, one of which being the clash of industrialization and nature represented through the clash of elements.Symbolism in this painting includes:Grave marker: symbol of death
Ash tree: symbol of life
Church: symbol of faith and resurrection
Rainbow: symbol of renewed optimismConstable considered this work the painting that best embodied ‘the full compass’ of his art.