Professor Medina Art Appreciation 1301- 61006

1. Art Appreciation 1301- 61006
Professor Medina
Artist: Claude Monet

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Created in France in
1900
Oil on canvas
35x 39 ¾
Bridgeman Art

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Media: oil on canvas allowing the usage of fine details
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Technique: Impressionist which was founded by Monet
experimenting with different brushstroke techniques in the
1870s. The usage of mixed colors and small soft strokes can be
seen.
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Time Period: end of the 20th century
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Geographical Location: Waterlily Pond: Pink Harmony was a
series of painting created in Giverny, France.

4. “The Japanese Bridge, Giverny
1892”
“Impression: Sunrise”

5. • Photo was taken in 2013 at the Dallas Arboretum
• Cell phone Camera
• Torched up with Aviary app with the effect of clyde

6. • Photo was taken in 2013 at the Dallas Arboretum
• Cell phone without any alternations
• Vantage point from the end of the waterfall pond

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“Shimmering Pond”
representation of the Impressionist with
the incorporation of the light and
atmospheric conditions
ambient light reflected through the
lens of the camera
hues primarily of green, brown, and red
with values of lightness and darkens
Motion as seen through the movement
along the water
Scale seen through the foreground of
the people

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Cascading Autumn
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Value and light as seen through
the reflection of the sun light in
the water.
Representation of shading due to
the shadows of the trees
Hues of green, red, brown, and
blue with the variation values
within each color.
Visual texture as seen through the
rocks, and shrubs.
Asymmetrical balance were the
pond is the focal point dividing the
scenery.

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Done in the impressionist style as Monet is
the creator of this movement
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Waterlily Pond: Pink Harmony
The usage of small and soft strokes are represented
within his style
warm and cool hues of blues, red, and
green as indicating the usage of the
chromatic scale due to the verity of hues
visual texture as indicated by the flora
and that of the bridge becoming more
objective.
planer space as indicating the depth and
the length of the pond.
The usage of motion as if the water in the
pond had movement of current
scale between the pond and that of the
bridge indicating the ponds width.

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Shimmering Pond was an emphasis on the beauty of nature towards a sense to landscape.
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Within the painting one can depict the presence of humans as the creation of the manmade
water pond symbolizing that human and nature can coexist together in a balanced way.
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The depiction of flora and water in an atmosphere with amplifying light implicates an
outdoor scene as telling the viewer to appreciate the beauty of nature and preserve mother
nature.
“Shimmering Pond”

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Water lily Pond: Pink Harmony theme conceives of nature were the
focal point and vanishing points consist of a scenery created by the
artist outdoor garden.
The highly observation of the scenery related to the natural light and
the atmospheric conditions.
“Waterlily Pond: Pink Harmony”

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Both have a resemblance that deal with nature’s land
The usage of light source and the atmospheric
conditions as that of the Impressionist
Presence of humans as the creators of the foreground
(manmade pond)
Difference between them is the vividness of the details
interpretations of the objects within the painting and
picture.

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Monet, Claude (1840-1926). Waterlily Pond: Pink
Harmony, 1900. 01 Oct. 2004. Bridgeman. eLibrary. Web. 10
Dec. 2013.
Monet, Claude (1840-1926). The Japanese
Bridge, Giverny, 1892. 01 Oct. 2004. Bridgeman. eLibrary.
Web. 12 Dec. 2013.
Monet, Claude (1840-1926). Impression: Sunrise, Le
Havre, 1872. 01 Oct. 2004. Bridgeman. eLibrary. Web. 12
Dec. 2013.