The longstanding way I’ve thought about Monet specifically, and Impressionist art broadly, is as a movement that sought to capture the ‘subjective experience of light and place,’ or as the movement’s name implies, the ‘impression’ of ephemeral light and color.
Monet, or The Artist as Silver Halide Surface
Monet, or The Artist as Silver Halide Surface
Monet, or The Artist as Silver Halide Surface
The longstanding way I’ve thought about Monet specifically, and Impressionist art broadly, is as a movement that sought to capture the ‘subjective experience of light and place,’ or as the movement’s name implies, the ‘impression’ of ephemeral light and color.