Friday, February 4, 2011

Impressionism


Word of the Day

Cognizance (n.): Notice or awareness.

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Artwork: La Promenade

Artist: Claude Monet

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Dimensions: 100 cm x 81 cm

The artwork depicts Monet’s wife Camille Monet and their son on a sunny afternoon. Immediately my eyes are drawn to the light. The image is very successful in capturing the essence of a windy day. The most prominent colors are blue and green. The sunlight seems to be coming from the right side. Monet seems to be standing down below and looking up to his subject. The brush strokes are the most obvious things to be noticed in the work. It has similar qualities with other impressionism work. Also I think there are more portraits using the same subject but I am not too sure. The visual effect created is of mid-day sunlight filtering through the clouds and hitting the grass. The play of shadows is also depicted very well. Not only the big things like people and umbrella have excruciating detail but even the shadows of a twig onto another are also given their due detail.

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