Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. Just one glance is not enough. There is landscape, but there is also narrative, captured on the left where a white horse is to be seen, standing on a heavy river barge (Cove et al 2006). The vessel is punted along with some effort by two men, while a third prepares for arrival. They are obviously transporting the horse to its new home, or are bringing it back from a farrier’s attention. Alternatively, it is a barge horse being moved from one bridle path to another for a change in direction.

These alternatives give the picture its curiosity: it demands its story to be told: a skill that Constable (1776–1837) was still feeling his way around. To place a story inside a very large landscape was not the fashion anymore. None of his contemporaries dared to make such big canvases. It was first in a series of six canvases of this size, all based around the River Stour. Constable felt he had to produce paintings whose dimensions attracted the attention of patrons, but especially from the Academy. He wanted to reflect a more classical style at a time when artists in Europe were becoming innovative.

This decision marked a turning point in Constable’s career (Cove et al 2006). The White Horse was an original breakthrough in the artist’s working methods. He began as usual by sketching outside on site, choosing a particular angle he was fond of, and which is seen again in other landscapes: a bend in a river that might present an obstacle to a boat, but to a painter presents a great opportunity to capture a moment. This is also seen in The Hay Wain. After his initial oil sketches of a much smaller size, he came to his studio to work on the large canvas, creating a full-scale, 6 x 4-foot oil sketch to test and rework composition, colors, and light. Then he would prepare his large canvas, and work from his sketches.