Pierre Bonnard's The Terrace At Johnnet

In artist Pierre Bonnard’s painting “The Terrace at Vernonnet”, there are a handful of painting techniques used that make the piece monumental in art history. Looking at the painting, two women are standing at a table holding fruit, while the surroundings are what seems to be the terrace that they are standing on, as well as nature and sky in the background. The main technique that I see is that Bonnard uses arbitrary color, which is when an artist represents color in a way that isn’t realistic, and has zero relation to what is being represented on the canvas. For example, in the painting, the main tree trunk is painted blue, but in reality no tree trunk is actually blue. Most artists use this technique unintentionally, but rather use it