1989 Monet’s Garden Claude Monet’s Paintings From Giverny Book

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Monet’s Garden Claude Monet’s Paintings from Giverny Book
First published in the United States in 1989 by Chronicle Books
Conceived, … Read more Monet’s Garden Claude Monet’s Paintings from Giverny Book
First published in the United States in 1989 by Chronicle Books
Conceived, edited and designed by Russell Ash and Bernard Higton
Copyright © Russell Ash and Bernard Higton 1989
Printed in Hong Kong by Imago
ISBN: 0-87701-647-X
Chronicle Books
San Francisco, California
Stephen Gwynn, Claude Monet and his Garden, Country Life Lid, 1934;
Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past, translated by Terence Kilmartin, Chatto & Windus and Random House Inc, 1981.
Monet’s idea had been to create a garden like no other in its arrangement and extent. For example, he had a profusion of plants tossed into vast squares like patches of cabbages, beans or carrots. The result achieves an unbelievable intensity. Nothing is left to chance: as in his paintings, where everything appears to be spontaneous and haphazard but is not, the garden is planned with a great deal of calculation, experience, and knowledge of the laws of harmony. Few people could use the space so wisely. However, even though the method has been revealed, I would not advise anyone to try to cultivate a garden like Monet's, even if they are skilled gardeners. To begin with, the cost of such an enterprise is staggeringly expensive. For Monet, though, it was a necessary expense. First, because he is a man who appreciates splendid things - a fact clearly demonstrated by his passion for the most ostentatious of flowers. Furthermore, the garden is of admirable assistance to him in his work. It is a priceless collection of the most intense and rare harmonies: an unequalled palette.
4 3/4”H x 6 1/2” W x 1/4” D See less