Art Critique: Grainstacks by Claude Monet
Date: March 7, 2014
Assignment: Art Critique
Name of Art Gallery: Frist Museum Of Art
Title of Artwork: “Grainstacks (Sunset)”
Name of Artist: Claude Monet
Form (size, shape, materials, colors, and composition):
Size; Medium.
Shape; Triangular formation.
Colors; Yellow, Badge, Brown, Red, Gray, and Blue.
Materials Used; Oil on canvas, and paint.
Content: In 1890 and 1891, Monet painted a group of pictures of the stacks of wheat in the fields near his home, exhibiting them as a series to great critical acclaim in 1891. Traditionally, the motifs in Monet's series paintings have been seen merely as vehicles through which he could explore the interaction of light, color, and form over the course of the day and in different weather conditions. But scholars have recently proposed that ...Monet was equally interested in the meaning and significance of the motifs themselves. Grainstacks, for example, are traditional symbols of the land's fertility, the local farmers' material wealth, and the region's prosperity.
Iconography: This piece is mainly a blending of colors. It’s a picture of haystacks, (or Grainstacks) and a sunset of the background. The foreground is a field. The middleground is the grainstack. And the background is a sunset and what seems to be maybe be some water.
Analysis (artist’s intended meaning + your personal opinion of artwork): I agree with those who believe that he wanted to show off wealth. Even though he was an artist I think he wanted to show that he was successful and his wealth.I think Monet succeeded in his goal to show the significance of the grainstacks. And this is a beautiful painting that caught my attention because of the colors and the perspective in which he painted the grainstacks.
Assignment: Art Critique
Name of Art Gallery: Frist Museum Of Art
Title of Artwork: “Grainstacks (Sunset)”
Name of Artist: Claude Monet
Form (size, shape, materials, colors, and composition):
Size; Medium.
Shape; Triangular formation.
Colors; Yellow, Badge, Brown, Red, Gray, and Blue.
Materials Used; Oil on canvas, and paint.
Content: In 1890 and 1891, Monet painted a group of pictures of the stacks of wheat in the fields near his home, exhibiting them as a series to great critical acclaim in 1891. Traditionally, the motifs in Monet's series paintings have been seen merely as vehicles through which he could explore the interaction of light, color, and form over the course of the day and in different weather conditions. But scholars have recently proposed that ...Monet was equally interested in the meaning and significance of the motifs themselves. Grainstacks, for example, are traditional symbols of the land's fertility, the local farmers' material wealth, and the region's prosperity.
Iconography: This piece is mainly a blending of colors. It’s a picture of haystacks, (or Grainstacks) and a sunset of the background. The foreground is a field. The middleground is the grainstack. And the background is a sunset and what seems to be maybe be some water.
Analysis (artist’s intended meaning + your personal opinion of artwork): I agree with those who believe that he wanted to show off wealth. Even though he was an artist I think he wanted to show that he was successful and his wealth.I think Monet succeeded in his goal to show the significance of the grainstacks. And this is a beautiful painting that caught my attention because of the colors and the perspective in which he painted the grainstacks.