The changing colours of trees and their leaves, celebrated in paintings from Paulus Potter in 1652 to Paul Signac in 1903.
Monet
The only way to impart perception of motion of a spinning wheel is to blur it, which is what we naturally perceive. Examples of motion blur.
From the calm of Vernet’s Italian coast, through Heligoland, to Monet at Honfleur, and the Straits of Bosporus.
Throughout the 19th century, as going to the beach became more popular, adults at least only bared essentials, and even covered arms and legs.
From Renoir in 1881 through multiple Impressonists to Monet in 1908, more views of Piazza San Marco in Venice.
Optical principles are straightforward, but can become extremely complex in practice. Examples from Jan van Eyck to Hodler and Signac.
Long before they were turned into chocolate, they were coloured, and hunted on Easter Sunday. Paintings by Claude Monet, Diego Velázquez, and others.
Masaccio’s 20-panel polyptych, Bosch’s triptych, and one of the most substantial paintings by Leonardo da Vinci. Even Monet’s Grainstacks series.
From the rough seas and rugged cliffs of Penmarc’h to Belle-Île, with Monet, Signac, Berthe Morisot and other artists.
Fifteen images of paintings by twelve artists which were shown at the First Impressionist Exhibition present a more coherent overview. But history is capricious.
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