Claude Monet, Snow near Honfleur, 1867


Listen to the Story: 10 minutes

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Description:

This is an educational art history video exploring Claude Monet’s Snow near Honfleur. It examines Monet’s plein air depiction of snow as part his method of Naturalism, in which Monet’s selection and treatment of his subject translated the observation of nature into the compositional structure of his painting. Part of the Seeing Art History series, it is written and narrated by Dr. James Romaine.

Via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmsm_GqKVkI