The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 102 - 103 Flashcards

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Monet: Light = Color

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  • Claude Monet (1840-1926)
  • his dedication caused him to be poor, but he became an established success and could afford to buy the things he needed
  • most of his work was outdoors/nature
  • style consisted of applying to the canvas small dabs of pigment corresponding to is immediate visual observations
  • in the 1880s he changed his specks of paint into brushstrokes
  • in 1900-26 he eliminated outlines and contours until form and line almost disappeared in interwoven brushstrokes
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