Painting Analysis : Claude Monet

In Gustave Caillebotte’s painting, he uses a wide range of colors too, but these are more vibrant. The viewer is enticed to see themselves in the in the painting as there is an empty waiting to be occupied. The method of his

The painting depicts a singular mountain with trees and abstract landmasses in the foreground. The trees are placed in such a way that they seem to echo the shape of the mountain. This is an example of Cézanne’s attempt to created a structured composition out of the scenes that he observes in nature. Cézanne was not depicting nature as it was, but rather he was, as he called it, making “a construction after nature” (Stokstad,1013). This is one idea that lead Cézanne away from the impressionists, who were more concerned with reproducing on canvas exactly what their eyes perceived. Another thing that was different between Cézanne’s style and the impressionists’ was the way that he applied paint to the canvas. For example, in this painting, the trees and land in the foreground are loosely painted in; their forms are created by an amalgamation of colored blotches. The blotches of color often bleed into each other, and the forms that they represent begin to dissolve. The image is flattened by the ambiguous forms in several spot in this painting, creating a disruption in the illusionistic space and bring the viewer’s focus on the inherently flat surface of the painting. The most effective technique that Cézanne employs in his attempt at depicting space in this painting is atmospheric perspective. Coloring the mountain with the same shades of blue

The flowers face many angles and are all different, most have contrasting shades of green leaves surrounding the petals and varying stem widths and lengths. This creates interest throughout the painting. To complement the bright yellow flower petals, Van Gogh has detailed a baby blue background with small, vertical and horizontal brush strokes. This contrasts well with the yellow flowers and helps to separate them from the yellow foreground. Also, to break all the yellow sections, he has cleverly used a lighted yellow tint on the bottom half of the vase, rather than shades, which he has used to outline the petals of the flowers. In doing this and by also adding light to the front petals and vase, Van Gogh has added a third dimension to his painting. Like Olley, Van Gogh has painted this artwork in warm colours to create a joyful and uplifting artwork to look at.

Jean-Francois Millet’s Potato Planters is a portrayal of two farmers; more likely husband and wife, planting seeding to grow potatoes during the day on their farm. This art has a lot of emphasis, movement, color, line, light, and depth.

In this painting, two visual elements stand out over all the rest. These elements are that of color and texture. Color in art is an element that has to be phenomenal in order to get recognition and true appreciation from the viewers. In this painting, the colors are rich, vivacious and standout as dark, but bold representations of the uniqueness of it all. The use of brown and yellow and green and grey and white all come together in a harmony of color and unity. As for the texture in the painting, it is that of brisk and roughness that is nature. The sharp edges of the bucks rack and the cold, rough edges of the dead tree show

The work is very smooth and fluid making it appear much like a photograph. The oil is not built up on top of itself keeping it very two dimensional. The colors vary between dark and light throughout the painting. In the top right corner, the sun, outside the painting, shining down, aluminates the castle and also the lone tree at the bottom left corner. Besides the back cliff, the rest of the painting is in shadow and displayed in a much more melancholy tone. The colors that Cole focuses on, to display the sharp contrast between rock and nature, are mostly dark greens and gold. The striking blue of the river stands out dramatically from the rest of the colors and draws the eye after the initial citing. The grey in the cloud is the only place where I can find that shade of gray in the work, and it sets itself apart from the snow white clouds in the background. The color helps draw the eye immediately to the castle on the hill. My eyes then fallow the flow of the river down to the tree, which is illuminated by a beam of sunlight.

We can also see the use of black shades to create a hole at the bottom part of the rock. With his excellent use of colors, we can identify the good, healthy and green grass from the bad, unhealthy, brown grasses. Looking beyond the main focus of the painting, he uses colors to separate the sky from the land in the background creating a solid form of perspective on the painting. He also uses colors to create water forms as seen behind the young character. Now, for the sky, he uses shades of white to magnificently differentiate the thick clouds from the light ones. He also uses this to create a source to light to the whole area. All these put together creates a splendid, realistic and familiar atmosphere for the viewers to relate with.

They complement the dark colors but do not over power them. While the yellows and oranges are easy to look at, the dark greenish black pine trees are not hard to miss. The leaves are warm colors while the dark trees are cool, opposite colors that clash and draw your focus toward them. Then at the bottom quarter of the piece is the rocks, which are not jagged like most rocks are, they sort of blend in with the dirt and overlap each other. The lines in this painting are unsymmetrical and have to prediction as to which way they are going to go next. All the lines in this painting are actual lines, none of which are implied lines. They draw the viewers attention down a path area and lose focus around a turn in the leaves. This painting exemplifies great harmony and rhythm. Nothing is overdone and never follows the same pattern. That is a great quality in this piece of artwork because nothing in the forest is the same. The proportion is to scale as nothing is too small or overly

Claude Monet, An Analysis on Art Specific Purpose: To inform the audience on the significance and formation of Claude Monet’s work. Thesis: Claude Monet’s work did not just become popular because of his unique use of color; but also because of his use of subject matter.

The buildings are just far enough away and draped in a delicate fog that their details remain slightly imperceptible. But in retrospect, this entire painting lacks any distinct quality, yet possesses a magical ability to draw one into the scene and envelope them in the mystery and serenity of that Parisian evening.

In Monet’s painting, there is an extraordinary use of colour and texture which brings out the meaning that nature is spectacular. First, the colours are green, blue, yellow, and white which are the colours mostly found in nature. The blue in the water is the same blue used in the sky. Also, further out in the painting it’s dark blue which suggest that there is a shadow from a cloud. To continue, the clouds are white, but is almost pink ;therefore, the sun seems to be rising. In addition, the flowers have hints of yellow and white which helps to make the flowers stand out. Next, the water has the reflection of the trees so there are different colours in the water ;in fact, texture helps to make the reflection, by using the ripples in the water

The labels in the gallery gave a lot of useful information about both pieces. Monet’s Vernon in the Sun was painted in 1894 with oil on canvas and depicts the church of Notre Dame in Vernon, Normandy. Monet “...painted seven canvases that focused on capturing the ephemeral effect of mist and light rather than the architectural details”(Now Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale 1). Monet’s interest in creating more than one piece with different lighting is a perfect representation of Impressionism and its style.

The buildings are the most detailed part of the art in my opinion. The next thing that appeals to me in this art is the cars and the carriages on the street. They also spark a somewhat interest to me, because the use of yellow that stands out in the picture. The focal point of the painting is the busy street itself in the urban city, in where there are a lot of cars, carriages, and people walking in the street. The foreground of the painting is the buildings. They are the closest thing that is zoomed in the painting. There are many things in the background, such as the sky, the buildings, the people, the cars and carriages, and the street lamps. The choice of the colors by the artist is a little damp and dull, but that is how the winter feel and looks like. In this painting, he uses a lot of white paint that make the painting pop out more. The type of paint that the artist uses is oil paint. The relationship to the viewer in the painting is that this painting was inspired by what it looked like outside his hotel room surrounding

The feel of the picture lends to emotions of unease and recognition of sexual innuendo. The colors of the painting are vibrant, but for the most part are dark. The heavy tones and shades of the colors are well balanced throughout the piece. It can be noted that the brightest shades of color are found on areas depicting the actual woman. In areas that are understood as landscape, the colors are more dreary and create a sense of instability. Even Hess observes that the

When entering the room, people crowded around Monet’s pieces, which felt like an honor to see the type and techniques his work has. The colors describe the feeling of an early morning. The painting has a muted palette of blues, greens, and grays. The sunrise is orange and yellow which are surrounded by the clouds and smoke from steamboats. Three boats are shapes and visible while the rest fade into the distance. This painting is an example of plein air or outdoor painting. I also notice that Monet layered the colors so that when I viewed the painting from a far distance I knew what the painting was about however when I looked at it up close I saw brush strokes and