Claude Monet
"Is that a Monet?" As a nine-year-old boy with minimal knowledge of the arts, I wasn't exactly sure what I was being asked. I turned around to look at the painting on my grandparents' wall and saw the writing "Claude Monet 1903" in the bottom right-hand corner. I politely answered my aunt's question, "Yes, I believe so."
After we both looked at the painting for a few moments, she commented on its beauty and praised Claude Monet as a "great artist." I liked the painting myself. The different shades of yellow, orange, red, and violet were very appealing, but I questioned why Monet was "great." He obviously had difficulty painting exact detail. The objects in the work were so simplistic and blurred that I had difficulty determining what they were. In fact, the painting reminded me of the seemingly pain, unsophisticated art found in some children's storybooks.
Since that time, I've come to understand the painting, The Houses of Parliament, from a historical and more mature perspective. The work lacks detail because it was painted from the Impressionistic style (which will be explained later). Furthermore, it contains more "depth" than what its surface reflects. The Houses of Parliament was created from hours of hard work and life experiences that "guided" Claude Monet's brush.
Even though I now have greater knowledge of Monet's background, I still question the extent of his creativity. In order to answer this question as completely as possible, I've analyzed three areas of Monet's life: Childhood and Early Influences, Military Service to Exhibitions at the Salons, and Early Impressionist Exhibitions to the Final Days at Giverny. By examining different aspects of Howard Gardner's model within each of these periods, we can better understand if Claude Monet was a true creative genius.
Childhood and Early Influences
Claude Oscar Monet was born on November 14, 1840 in Paris, but he spent much of his childhood in the port town of Le Havre. During these
After we both looked at the painting for a few moments, she commented on its beauty and praised Claude Monet as a "great artist." I liked the painting myself. The different shades of yellow, orange, red, and violet were very appealing, but I questioned why Monet was "great." He obviously had difficulty painting exact detail. The objects in the work were so simplistic and blurred that I had difficulty determining what they were. In fact, the painting reminded me of the seemingly pain, unsophisticated art found in some children's storybooks.
Since that time, I've come to understand the painting, The Houses of Parliament, from a historical and more mature perspective. The work lacks detail because it was painted from the Impressionistic style (which will be explained later). Furthermore, it contains more "depth" than what its surface reflects. The Houses of Parliament was created from hours of hard work and life experiences that "guided" Claude Monet's brush.
Even though I now have greater knowledge of Monet's background, I still question the extent of his creativity. In order to answer this question as completely as possible, I've analyzed three areas of Monet's life: Childhood and Early Influences, Military Service to Exhibitions at the Salons, and Early Impressionist Exhibitions to the Final Days at Giverny. By examining different aspects of Howard Gardner's model within each of these periods, we can better understand if Claude Monet was a true creative genius.
Childhood and Early Influences
Claude Oscar Monet was born on November 14, 1840 in Paris, but he spent much of his childhood in the port town of Le Havre. During these