The title of this piece， Norham Castle， Sunrise， the operative word being “sunrise”， indicates Turner’s desire to indicate a moment in time. He was more interested in the atmosphere created at this moment， than the actual physical objects of the place he felt so dearly for.

画作《诺勒姆城堡日出》名称中的关键词是“日出”，表明透纳意图呈现的就是那个时刻的情景。透纳非常喜欢诺勒姆城堡，相比那里的一草一木，他更感兴趣的是那里日出时刻的氛围。

As he painted this scene many times during his life， it serves as a fond recollection of an old man’s youth. It is interesting to note that in his final representation， as a man in his 70s， the objects become less clear and the atmosphere takes precedence. The castle all but disappeared; the cows serve as the only clue that this is not some other worldly dream destination， but an actual landscape.

他整个绘画生涯曾多次描绘这一场景，就像是年迈之人对青春岁月的美好回忆。有意思的是，在这位70多岁老人最后的这次创作中，物体没有以前清晰，而氛围得到重点烘托。城堡几乎消失不见，唯有奶牛可以证明，画面呈现的并非某个超凡的梦幻之地，而是真实的人间风景。