"Le Bassin des Nympheas"

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses one of the most impressive pieces shown in the Denver Art Museum, Claude Monet's 1904 painting, "Le Bassin des Nympheas". The paper relates that this painting may not be the most famous, but it carries all Monet's trademarks and is just as beautiful as any other painting of his. The paper portrays how, as with other impressionist works, the striking element remains the brushwork and the way in which the mixing of vibrant colors on the canvas creates such shapes and feelings inside the viewer.

From the Paper:

"The painting in discussion is more than a century old, having been done in 1904. Proportionately it is a square and, as the title suggests, the painting is a landscape whose main "character" are some water lilies of different colours, floating on the water that reflects the landscape around. The view is concentrated on the water surface, and the surrounding landscape can only be quested by its reflection, thus pointing out to the subject of the painting. The reflection in the water is hazy, so you can't really see what it is that is reflecting, so by contrast the water lilies appear clearly, even though they aren't more clearly painted, the brushwork hasn't been changed."

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