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The painting that is shown is called La pointe de la HEva At Low Tide. It shows some settlers
walking along a beach. ON this painting it shows multiple people going towards the sunlight.
There are three horses two of them walking along the beach. The other horse is pushing
the wagon. The waves seems to be calming down after a recent storm. It seems like the storm
is coming to an end as the clouds start to part away from the center. The settlers appears
to have recently gotten since they leave no foot prints on the wet sand. Many people has
passed by this beach due to the fact that there is some wood that are stuck to the ground
as well as the boat in the side. They seem to be traveling with someone important because
of the limited amount of people that are walking. In the back their seems to be a sail boat
heading towards the coast line. This was painted as an oil on canvas by Claude
Monet In 1865. During last 19th century people often went on adventures by sea. Around this
time people wondered if they is more land to be discovered, adventures where the best
ways to figure out what is left to be discovered. This artwork makes me feel as if I just gotten
out of a storm and the journey must continue by foot. I feel a sense of relief because
of the storm being over and that I am back on land. The artist emphasizes the sunlight
as a strong warm color and the clouds are parting. He also shows a sense of relief with
complementary colors as the cold blue colors are surrounding the beach, the warm yellow
colors are expressed with great contrast.This artwork is well balanced with its great range
of cool colors and warm colors. The content shows a great amount of actions being occurred
at the moment. It also shows a great variety of sizes and quantities. Its pattern and rhythm
used perspective very well by showing where the settlers are traveling to. In a way this
art work gives me a sense of adventure, there is more to life then the technology we use
today.Exploring the world can be a dangerous thing but in the long run it will satisfy
anyone's need to venture out into a new world. Other than giving me a different perspective
on outlook on life, this art work does a great job of giving the need to seek out.
When I read the description about the artwork I thought about how similar Impressionism
can be. The musems information about this artwork depcits that it is about a beach scene
going on, at the time Monet painted this, his work was being compared to Édouard Manet
about how similar their paintings are. Now that I have gotten to see the history about
it, I feel more connected to this artwork, I can feel how Monet was feeling during the
time he was painting it, it makes more sense after looking into the history of an art work.
I do recommend going the Kimble art Museum in Fort Worth TX, to get a better look than
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