The Artist's Garden at Giverny

By: Claude Monet, 1900

Describe

Analyze

Interpret

-composed of a pathway grass, flowers and trees
-short flowing brush strokes for the grass
-thin, long, and flowing brush strokes make up the trees
-flowers look like sloppy dots
-tree leaves look like splotches of color blended together
-almost all lines are dynamic; pathway has thick horizontal lines
-lines look textured
- pathway looks like implied shape

-vegetation dominates the picture
-green unifies whole picture
-whole bottom of the of the picture sways towards the left and swoops up
- the purple flowers on the right side and bottom point to the pathway add a vibrant color to earthy palette
-flower heads repeat throughout picture
-brown pathway is emphasized by the green vegetation
-painting is asymmetrical
-flowing brush strokes makes painting seem like it's moving and swaying

The dynamic swaying brush strokes conveys how nature is alive and moving around us. The small pathway conveys how we are small compared to how big Mother Nature is.

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