A new artistic movement that materialized in the late 19th century was given the name impressionism. One of the founders of the French impressionist movement was Claude Monet. Impressionists depict in their art what they see and feel at that very moment. It is a painting style that concentrates on the general impression made by a scene or an object.
The main reason Monet’s The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil, 1881 attracted my attention is because I have a great fondness for flowers and gardens. The painting is of Monet's own house and garden during his time at Vetheuil from the early 1880's.
Monet rejected the traditional form of painting where the subjects were figures and events from history, religious stories or classical mythology. He invented a different way of painting that captured ordinary sights that comprised his life.
The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil has a lot of blue and green coloring. The character of fast brushstrokes …show more content…
One of the unusual qualities I notice in this painting is its very high horizon. It is apparent that the artist wants the viewer’s focus to be mainly in the garden and to have a feeling of closeness with the surrounding plants and house view. The steep staircase leading to the house gives a dramatic flattening of the painting. As a consequence the viewer’s eye is thrust back to the garden’s pathway, where Monet uses a wide palette of bright colors to heavily texture his surface. There is also some vagueness about the painting worth mentioning. It is difficult to tell whether the buildings are next to each other or if one is in front of the other. Another indicator of this flat perspective is the sunflowers. As they reach the top of the canvas the flowers do not diminish in size. There are two houses – one with a pink roof and another blue – which seems they are on top of each other and are geometric in shape with little
The main reason Monet’s The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil, 1881 attracted my attention is because I have a great fondness for flowers and gardens. The painting is of Monet's own house and garden during his time at Vetheuil from the early 1880's.
Monet rejected the traditional form of painting where the subjects were figures and events from history, religious stories or classical mythology. He invented a different way of painting that captured ordinary sights that comprised his life.
The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil has a lot of blue and green coloring. The character of fast brushstrokes …show more content…
One of the unusual qualities I notice in this painting is its very high horizon. It is apparent that the artist wants the viewer’s focus to be mainly in the garden and to have a feeling of closeness with the surrounding plants and house view. The steep staircase leading to the house gives a dramatic flattening of the painting. As a consequence the viewer’s eye is thrust back to the garden’s pathway, where Monet uses a wide palette of bright colors to heavily texture his surface. There is also some vagueness about the painting worth mentioning. It is difficult to tell whether the buildings are next to each other or if one is in front of the other. Another indicator of this flat perspective is the sunflowers. As they reach the top of the canvas the flowers do not diminish in size. There are two houses – one with a pink roof and another blue – which seems they are on top of each other and are geometric in shape with little