Created at the very height of Impressionism, this work is a typicalexample of how the Impressionist artists sought to convey a passingglimpse or impression of nature as seen by the human eye. For this purposeMonet too...Created at the very height of Impressionism, this work is a typicalexample of how the Impressionist artists sought to convey a passingglimpse or impression of nature as seen by the human eye. For this purposeMonet took as his motif1 a blooming garden, and very successfully createdan image of vivid, changing nature. The coloring, founded on the eye’s combination at a distance of what arein fact separate brushstrokes of pure color, is suffused2 with daylight and air,and the dynamics of this plein-air3 effect are reinforced by the vibrant4 paintsurface.展开更多
Painted in the fields of Argenteuil, Monet treated the canvas with a white primer to achieve this bright and summery effect. The mother and child in the foreground are likely to be his wife and son, who act as a prete...Painted in the fields of Argenteuil, Monet treated the canvas with a white primer to achieve this bright and summery effect. The mother and child in the foreground are likely to be his wife and son, who act as a pretext for a diagonal contour receding towards the figures in the background, balancing the composition. Forms are composed entirely of contrasts in colour -- there are no lines. The sprinkled poppies get disproportionately large towards the foreground, generating a sense of rhythm and paving the way for abstraction -- the visual impression of the poppies takes precedence over painting them accurately.展开更多
Claude Monet pioneered lmpressionism,profoundly influencing landscape painting. From Paris,Monet met the nucleusl of his lmpressionist group while attending the studio of Glenyre.Making a break from established painti...Claude Monet pioneered lmpressionism,profoundly influencing landscape painting. From Paris,Monet met the nucleusl of his lmpressionist group while attending the studio of Glenyre.Making a break from established painting techniques,Monet captured the展开更多
文摘Created at the very height of Impressionism, this work is a typicalexample of how the Impressionist artists sought to convey a passingglimpse or impression of nature as seen by the human eye. For this purposeMonet took as his motif1 a blooming garden, and very successfully createdan image of vivid, changing nature. The coloring, founded on the eye’s combination at a distance of what arein fact separate brushstrokes of pure color, is suffused2 with daylight and air,and the dynamics of this plein-air3 effect are reinforced by the vibrant4 paintsurface.
文摘Painted in the fields of Argenteuil, Monet treated the canvas with a white primer to achieve this bright and summery effect. The mother and child in the foreground are likely to be his wife and son, who act as a pretext for a diagonal contour receding towards the figures in the background, balancing the composition. Forms are composed entirely of contrasts in colour -- there are no lines. The sprinkled poppies get disproportionately large towards the foreground, generating a sense of rhythm and paving the way for abstraction -- the visual impression of the poppies takes precedence over painting them accurately.
文摘Claude Monet pioneered lmpressionism,profoundly influencing landscape painting. From Paris,Monet met the nucleusl of his lmpressionist group while attending the studio of Glenyre.Making a break from established painting techniques,Monet captured the
