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<p>[QUOTE="desperate_fun, post: 128305, member: 132"]Actually, if you had bother to read the info on the link I provided....</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Monet spent most of February 1883 at Étretat, a fishing village and resort on the Normandy coast. He painted twenty views of the beach and the three extraordinary rock formations in the area: the Porte d'Aval, the Porte d'Amont, and the Manneporte. The sunlight that strikes the Manneporte has a dematerializing effect that permitted the artist to interpret the cliff almost exclusively in terms of color and luminosity. Most nineteenth century visitors were attracted to the rock as a natural wonder. Monet instead concentrated on his own changing perception of it at different times of day.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>There are also other examples in other museums.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do I think this is real? No freakin clue. I just did some google searching and came up with this info.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desperate_fun, post: 128305, member: 132"]Actually, if you had bother to read the info on the link I provided.... [I]Monet spent most of February 1883 at Étretat, a fishing village and resort on the Normandy coast. He painted twenty views of the beach and the three extraordinary rock formations in the area: the Porte d'Aval, the Porte d'Amont, and the Manneporte. The sunlight that strikes the Manneporte has a dematerializing effect that permitted the artist to interpret the cliff almost exclusively in terms of color and luminosity. Most nineteenth century visitors were attracted to the rock as a natural wonder. Monet instead concentrated on his own changing perception of it at different times of day.[/I] There are also other examples in other museums. Do I think this is real? No freakin clue. I just did some google searching and came up with this info.[/QUOTE]
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