Using oil paint on canvas, the artist Joseph Mallord William Turner depicts the combination of Ancient architecture alongside Baroque churches, and Renaissance buildings in present in the unexcavated Roman Forum, otherwise known as Campo Vaccino or “Cow Pasture.” Turner paints the city in the hazy light of a half-set sun and a rising moon, and the solid structures seem to fade into fog. In the foreground, the city’s inhabitants carry on with their work, appearing far more solid than the landscape behind them. Their lines are sharper, the colours used are darker in shade and saturation. Although the workers’ forms are not incredibly detailed due to their small size, they remain the most defined part of the painting. Yet they are not the most eye-catching. When looking at the painting, the eye is first drawn to the arch in the foreground, then pulled towards a pair of goats grazing beneath it, guided to the peasants, and swept gracefully to the scene of the pastel-coloured Rome where the eye stays to marvel at the detailed depiction of buildings that almost appear to be made of clouds.