French Impressionism artOrder Descriptionwrite an essay about – Claude Monest (1905) and do an in-depth more thorough analysisFocus:

1-Your essay should make analytical statement(s) about the work(s) selected. The statement(s) should relate to aspects of the work(s) that are NOT immediately obvious and are thought provoking.

2-You should offer a detailed description of concrete elements in the work(s) (title, composition, use of symmetry, perspective, color quality, color contrast, shading, texture, etc.), but you cannot limit yourself to simply offering a description without connecting it to analysis.

3-Explain how the piece(s) express the way an artist perceives and attempts to portray external visual reality, or how the piece(s) express a subjective message about an artists intimate inner world away from the objective visual reality. For example the subjective and symbolic religious dimension of medieval art as opposed to the objective visual dimension of realistic Renaissance art.

4-You might explain how a message is powerfully expressed through the medium used (whether oil painting, mural/fresco, sculpture, or other medium chosen), or how the craft (the technique(s), colors, brushstrokes, etc.) used help support the message the work(s) try to convey.

5-You might also explain what the work(s) say about identity (whether the identity of the artist or that of the group he or she is a part of). You can explain how the piece(s) express the unique point of view of the artist in relation to different social groups around him/her as well as in relation to issues of race, class, and gender.

6-In sum, consider the political, social, and cultural environment of the people who created the piece(s) (their world view) as they are expressed in the work(s).