Christopher Craddock Blog Entry #2

7/6/13

Christopher Craddock

ARH 2000: Art Appreciation: Appreciating the ARTS

Professor Dorotha Lemeh

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Blog Entry #2

A discussion of the painting “Sunrise” viewed in “The Impressionist” (1873)

By: Claude Monet

In The Immersionist the painting known as “Sunrise” painted my Monet who loved to paint scenic views of nature and the beauty of it, there is an amazing combinations of all the different tones and shades of blue and orange portraying the way the sun rises in the depth of the ocean. The way he painted this painting dividing the painting into sections, with the top left, the top right, and the middle center and the sections of the painting the eye likes to rest upon. This creates this triangle between the sections bringing the painting together so perfectly that the ability to illustrate the sun rising into a painting clearly proves his expertise as an artist. The way he decided not to focus on the background including the boots and the waves of the ocean helps exemplify the brightness and strength of the deep orange in the sun as it rises from the oceans end. Even the way the reflection of the suns rays span across the ocean drag the eye across the oceans surface creating this perfect differential section of the painting which creates the main focus and beauty of the painting. Finally the smoke coming from the boots in the background and the way they are arranged in such a specific way helps explain the time era in which the painting was painted in Paris and the way steam was used for boots to travel and fish.