"Bridge at Argenteuil"

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The paper analyzes the facets of the impressionistic style in the "Bridge at Argenteuil" by Claude Monet. The paper describes how the "Bridge at Argenteuil" is an innovative landscape that creates new ways to interpret color and light through the stylistics of Monet's impressionist approach.

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"Claude Monet painted The Bridge at Argenteuil in 1874, further innovating new insights into how impressionism would evolve in light of the classical realism as a dominant art style of his era. The clarity of form through Realist objectivity (the major influence of scientific thought) in many European works--especially those in Great Britain--was a major cultural opponent of Monet's painting style and unorthodox use of color and lighting. In the painting, Monet applies a series of short brushstrokes that result in a choppy formation of various colors, such as green, browns, and blue that build upon the reflection of the bridge, the sky, and the boat on the water."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Claude Monet." 2006. Artchive.com. 13 February, 2007. <http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/monet.html>
• Sprocatti, Sandro. Monet. Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell, 1992.
• Tucker, Paul. Claude Monet: Life and Art. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1998.

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