Robert Monet's Misunderstood

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.

The uses of actual and visual texture manifest themselves throughout the painting. Actual texture can be found in the thick wooded area in the right of the painting where the top of the woodland canopy is painted in thick brushstrokes. It is also apparent in the sea, where thick, short brushstrokes give the illusion of movement and variations in height of the waves. Although rather elementary, visual texture can be found in the tree in the foreground, where thin, white and black lines give the appearance of volume to the bark of the tree.

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

According to Donald Finkel, describing his own speculations help the observer understand his interpretation of the artwork. In light of this, he shares the correlation between the different parts of nature and color in the first stanza by drawing attention to how “the sea is blue”(1). By starting his poem with this reason, repeated twice with other elements of the painting, it conjures the imagery of a chain reaction within creation. The land, sea, and people are linked as one- a commentary on the inclusiveness of nature. In addition to the color blue, a connection is created with the use of similes between the color of the men’s “white faces”, which was “like the snow on Fuji...and the crest of the wave” (3). It is not by mere coincidence that the three main objects in Hokusai’s work are alike in color. Once again, land, sea, and humanity are linked in a triangle, providing balance. Finally, a yellow neutral tone envelops the people, “an earthcolored sky” that is also “the color of their boats”(8, 4-5). Finkel, and the woodblock, are saying that nature is not the tool of humans, but rather that humans are just one part of a larger world that, as the wave shows, can just as easily overwhelm

When I look at the Water Lilly I see a very peaceful place. The light tells me that it’s a sunny place. It is a soft place and I see someone playing there or laying down on the bridge having fun. I see the way he used the different colors in the artwork.

As we all know, color is the voice for the artist 's sentiment. It makes up the appearance of a picture. Color is the decisive factor in depths of the two-dimensional plane of the artwork, making the viewer feel physically and mentally attracted, or the context of things - the phenomenon the author wants to present. Colors have been around for a long time, but there is not a common definition for colors. And perhaps humans are one of the luckiest creatures that can identify colors. Often, the recipient 's eye knows a myriad of colors and colors that always change based on the relationship between light and perspective. In art, color creates a sense of

This painting shows how close and codependent humans and nature were. How well humans worked together with one another and their world. How peaceful those that are close to nature are, which is why it (nature) must be celebrated and appreciated.

Quasimodo just attacked La Esmeralda. I feel that he had a good/positive motive behind this. I am a bit confused in his motive on this attack, I don't think he did this to hurt anyone. Quasimodo was misunderstood. Another connection I made was with the king Creon from Antigone. Creon is a leader who is similar to Quasimodo. Creon’s actions caused him to be seen as a horrible person, however all he wanted was to better his kingdom. He is described to be a horrible person because he didn’t give Polyneices a funeral and Creon was the cause of three more deaths later to follow. It was very unfortunate that Quasimodo was punished for this action and for being deaf. The scene in the courtroom was comical because it was basically two deaf men attempting

Texture and pattern are very easy to identify in this painting. The street’s cobblestones show texture and pattern in the way that they are arranged. Texture is also demonstrated through the paint strokes on the buildings, the tree, and even the sky. These thick, uneven strokes add a layer of depth and texture to all elements of the painting.

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.

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

Colors are around us and can describe different meanings. When colors are part of an image, painting or sculpture, however, why do certain colors use and others are not. Monet chose certain colors to portray different feelings, mood and makes one think. In Patricia Stokes’s article “Variability, Constraints, and Creativity” explained during her investigation, she decides to investigate Monet’s creativity and separate them into three phases. In phase one, it involved value and wrote: “The wheel, which broke up the light into the four primary hues and their intermediaries, prompted Monet’s initial and initially ill-defined goal constraint.” In his earlier painting called Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur (1865), he used earth colors, raw umber, burnt sienna, and blacks. After he stopped using browns and earth color and later black as well. For Sunrise (1873), he used the colors yellow, orange, blue, green and brown. What I found interesting is that he muted the colors so the painting looks dull. Even so orange pops with the muted blue because they are complementary colors that perceive soothing or balance in the painting.

Monet’s two paintings of Charing Cross and The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore by comparison are very similar but furthermore both paintings are also quite different. One similarity is the color palette that Monet chose for the Charing Cross and The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore. There could be a speculation that the palette of colors was similar due to both the paintings being created during the same time era of 1900. But nonetheless the very light and dull colors makes both of the paintings flow together and makes the viewers eyes move throughout both compositions. Even if there is hardly any detail in Charing Cross, the implied lines with the variation of colors makes the viewer form the painting in their mind.

When one looks at the painting White light, an array of colors spring off the canvas and permeate one’s senses. The primary and intense color of red is softened by the primary colors of yellow and blue. While the tertiary color of green subtly takes its place among the hues to give some balance. The perceivable tones of black and white add value and seem to give some

Monet's painting Sunrise displays vivid color, which is commonly used among impressionists. The painting is of the sun rising over the lake, over looking the bay and the boats within. "Sunrise is a patently a seascape; but the painting says more about how one sees than about what one sees. It transcribes the fleeting effects of light and the changing atmosphere of water and air into a tissue of small dots and streaks of color-the elements of pure perception" (Fiero 114). This painting is typical of its style because it captures light at that moment. The sun is rising and its color is projected to everything in its path. Monet seems to capture this