MONET (TASCHEN BA) (HB)

Claude Monet transformed expectations for the purpose of paint on canvas. Defying the precedent of centuries, Monet did not seek to render only reality, but the act of perception itself. Working with rapid, impetuous brush strokes, he interrogated the play of light on hues and patterns, and the way in which these visual impressions fall upon the eye. This book offers the essential introduction to an artist whose works simultaneously reflected upon the purpose of a picture and the passage of time, and transformed, irrevocably, the story of art.