tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post8778224352256984826..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Architecture in Monet's art.... at the National Gallery London.Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-19211871203779058102018-05-09T10:07:10.136+10:002018-05-09T10:07:10.136+10:00Hilary
It is difficult when we are on the wrong c...Hilary<br /><br />It is difficult when we are on the wrong continent *nod*. It takes months for me to book overseas travel and it costs a fortune every time, so I do understand. If only major exhibitions like the "The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Monet & Architecture" travelled the world, after it finished in London's National Gallery.<br /><br />So I rely on informative catalogues and good quality blog posts.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-11039953837259339062018-05-09T00:35:57.381+10:002018-05-09T00:35:57.381+10:00Hi Hels - lovely post ... and you've great com...Hi Hels - lovely post ... and you've great commenters too. Your family history is interesting and no wonder you've carried on with your parent's love of those subjects. I'd love to see the exhibition ... but am on the wrong continent for now - but you've given me some food for thought and your post is here for another look - cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-55735875320750933752018-05-08T14:53:15.444+10:002018-05-08T14:53:15.444+10:00bazza
Dad didn't know whether he wanted to do...bazza<br /><br />Dad didn't know whether he wanted to do Engineering or Architecture, so he did a combined first year (thus the art history). But when war broke out in the middle of his first year, he finished a science degree in three years, joined the army throughout 1944 and 1945, and was demobbed in Jan 1946. He went back to uni post-war and did an engineering degree, but never lost his passion for architectural history.<br /><br />I was very fortunate. My mother knew everything about music, literature and foreign languages, but my father knew about art and architecture.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-45632076223881357372018-05-08T01:45:25.057+10:002018-05-08T01:45:25.057+10:00I think Turner is probably my favourite artist and...I think Turner is probably my favourite artist and The Fighting Temeraire is definitely my favourite painting. Your father had good taste!<br />bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-32504726857347037072018-05-07T17:51:02.949+10:002018-05-07T17:51:02.949+10:00bazza
In 1990 I asked my late father about doing ...bazza<br /><br />In 1990 I asked my late father about doing art history at University. He did the subject when he was a first year undergrad back in 1939! He remembered and loved only ONE work from the entire year - Turner's Fighting Temeraire!<br /><br />You are correct. Monet owed a great deal to Turner.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-4295203532335653182018-05-07T06:18:50.160+10:002018-05-07T06:18:50.160+10:00Looking La Gare Saint Lazare it becomes clear what...Looking <b>La Gare Saint Lazare</b> it becomes clear what the impressionists owed to JMW Turner. Incidentally, I have always thought that Monet's multiple studies of Rouen Cathedral were about light and colour than they were about architecture. I am wrong?<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s habile Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-82404713341501868242018-05-06T10:15:48.323+10:002018-05-06T10:15:48.323+10:00Parnassus
I understand totally. When Monet was a...Parnassus<br /><br />I understand totally. When Monet was a very elderly man, he started painting nothing but flowers in water, a garden and sunlight. They were very beautiful paintings, but I was very pleased when he added a small bridge, so that there would be something of substance. How much more so when he focused on more monumental structures in his earlier decades.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-38876271272891478042018-05-05T21:51:09.643+10:002018-05-05T21:51:09.643+10:00Hello Hels, I am having trouble writing a concise...Hello Hels, I am having trouble writing a concise comment as I start to realize the immense and complicated issues surrounding architectural paintings, so forgive the "sketchiness" of these thoughts. Not only do buildings provide a structure and background for the artist's skills, but in painting its "aura" as Monet describes it, the painter's fancy will be projected onto the building. Photos of a building taken at different times also show how aspects of this aura affect our sense of the building's looks and meaning. A great many painters have captured this essence of architecture--Edward Hopper's architectural studies are particularly eloquent in this regard.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-79247936313616825882018-05-05T19:37:28.546+10:002018-05-05T19:37:28.546+10:00Train Man
When Claude Monet lived to Argenteuil d...Train Man<br /><br />When Claude Monet lived to Argenteuil during the 1870s, I think he got to love open, fresh air and colourful natural landscapes. So while The Arrival of a Train (1877) may not be literally a part of the natural landscape, it is still a vibrant, Impressionist image.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-24240279853177406522018-05-05T13:01:08.174+10:002018-05-05T13:01:08.174+10:00When we examined "Charing Cross Bridge" ...When we examined "Charing Cross Bridge" and "Late Gare Saint Lazare: Arrival of a Train" in lectures, I wondered why Monet painted filthy smoke stacks and noisy train engines. They seemed unlike Monet.Train Mannoreply@blogger.com