Sex, Drugs, & Rococo

Claude Monet is famous for his water lily paintings which you may encounter hanging on the walls of any elementary school’s art room or in the lobby of a dentist’s office. These serene paintings are very popular, but that wasn’t always the case. Monet had a habit of painting the same people, places, and things over and over again. Why paint the Rouen Cathedral over 30 times? Find out in the second episode of this Impressionism series of Sex, Drugs, and Rococo where you will consider: how many paintings it takes to understand a single scene. the space between yourself and what you’re observing. how the weather, time, and season may dampen a good time.   Show Images: La Cathédrale de Rouen - (Facade (sunset), harmonie in gold and blue / red, Sunlight / West Façade, Sunlight / Full Sunlight)  26 Pictured Claude Monet Oil on Canvas “Arranged by paint a masterpiece blogspot 1892-1893 reworked in 1894 in studio   Show Sources: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/monet-s-rouen-painting-series-the