Hughes’ “To Paint a Water Lily‚” creates two diverse “minds” of nature: above and below the pond’s surface. Each mind is corrupt‚ filled with blood-thirsty dragonflies and antagonistic water creatures‚ but are tied together with the serene symbol of the water lily. Hughes’ speaker calls upon the artist to capture the miniscule beauty that ties the vicious minds of nature together‚ building his argument through contrasting imagery between the water and the air and the water lily. The speaker begins
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Assignment: Art Critique Name of Art Gallery: Frist Museum Of Art Title of Artwork: “Grainstacks (Sunset)” Name of Artist: Claude Monet Form (size‚ shape‚ materials‚ colors‚ and composition): Size; Medium. Shape; Triangular formation. Colors; Yellow‚ Badge‚ Brown‚ Red‚ Gray‚ and Blue. Materials Used; Oil on canvas‚ and paint. Content: In 1890 and 1891‚ Monet painted a group of pictures of the stacks of wheat in the fields near his home‚ exhibiting them as a series to great critical
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Art History ll April 24‚ 2013 Comparative Analysis The Path on the Island of Saint Martin‚ Vetheuil‚ is a medium scale oil painting that was created by Claude Monet in 1881. Claude Monet uses the technique known as en plein air by painting the natural landscape that surrounded him. Monet‚ like most Impressionist painters‚ had desires to capture and paint his initial impression of several different outdoor scenes. Impressionist artist escaped the classical ways of painting by creating pieces
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this time consisted of paintings created out of personal interests‚ time and atmosphere being heavily incorporated into the paintings and using a wide range of colors that represented the scene. One of the most prolific Impressionist artists was Claude Monet who was known as one of the creators of the style. The painting that vividly shows his style and the style of many of the artists that practiced after him is called the Boulevard des Capucines. Created in 1873 this painting was created using oil
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deceives us and misleads us to a rather different conclusion than his. Our initial impression is that we will be told how to paint a water lily whilst an artist is painting one. It also makes me think of Monet’s Water- lilies. In my mind I picture a beautiful lake shaded by large leafy willow trees‚ a bridge dominating the view and an army of dragonflies over a lily filled pond. It is an idyllic view. However it is not the impression formed by the poet Ted Hughes. Ted Hughes wants us to understand
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anticipated seeing innumerable aged paintings‚ sculptures‚ and drawings dated from centuries ago. I continued my adventure and came across a canvas painting that caught my uttermost attention called‚” Wheatstacks‚ Snow Effect‚ Morning‚” painted by Claude Monet. The attractive canvas painting was produced in the year of 1891 and positions nearly twenty six inches in width and thirty six inches in length‚ a moderate sized painting. The painting consists of two hay structures covered in snow as the sun
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In the poem “To Paint a Water Lily”‚ there is surprisingly little written about the lily itself. The poet focuses more on the surroundings of the lily. He may be telling the artist how to paint a lily‚ but he believes that the key to mastering the painting lies within realizing the lily’s true beauty and understanding the world it lives in. The true beauty of the water lily is that despite the chaos surrounding it‚ it rests unmoved and “still as a painting” on the pond’s surface. The speaker believes
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artists such as: Paul Cezane‚ Edgar Degas‚ Edouard Manet‚ Claude Monet‚ Camille Pissarro‚ Auguste Renoir‚ and so many more. Art works by these painters give viewers a totally fresh perception and interpretation of art‚ which is the immediate sensation or impression produced by the painting’s everyday scenes of landscape or scenes of modern life. The art work that I have chosen to represent is one of many admirable paintings from Claude-Oscar Monet‚ a famous and influential artist who is considered‚ by
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"Water Lilies" by Monet Recently I visited the ”Boston loves Impressionism" at the MFA (Boston) and was thrilled to see Claude Monet’s masterpiece “The Water Lilies” conveniently alluring the fans right in front of the entrance. As I lessened the distance I clearly observed why it is regarded so much in the art world. The painting Water Lilies by Claude Monet is painted with observable brush stroke depicting regular width. Some of them are thinner and have unusual directions of movement and length
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there are exceptions. Such as in the case of the humble water lily. Star a water lily‚ is the subject of this story. “Good evening‚ Lilies! It’s time to wake up!” Shouted the pink flower called Star. “Hush. Hush. It is not. It is time to rest‚ like the best of flowers‚” Tiger another young lily states. “But the gems are out and so is the moon. Come on! Come on! If you sleep all night you will be awake all day!” “Do you forget water lilies do not have their gems out at night. I am not the one who
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