Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion | John Martin | 1812 20th Century The artwork is a profound

The artwork is a profound depiction of despair

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Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion | John Martin | 1812 20th Century The artwork is a profound"Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion" is an 1812 oil painting by John Martin. It has been called "The most famous of the British romantic works;" it was the first of Martin's characteristically dramatic, grand, grandiose large pictures, and anchored the development of the style for which Martin would become famous. The painting shows a human figure climbing in a mountain landscape. The man struggles to surmount a rocky outcrop beside a pool and