Keywords: Monet, cattedrale di rouen, weimar, 1894, cropped.jpg Artwork Creator Claude Monet en Rouen Cathedral fr Cattedrale di Rouen en The cathedral series was not Monet's first series of paintings of a single subject but it was his most exhaustive The subject matter was a change however for prior to this series Monet had painted mostly landscapes The cathedral allowed him to highlight the paradox between a seemingly permanent solid structure and the ever-changing light which constantly plays with our perception of it There were calls for the state to buy the entire series and exhibit them as a whole but unfortunately these calls were not heeded and the series was divided de Die gotische Fassade wird in einer extremen Nahsicht dargestellt jedoch nicht in einer realitätsgetreuen und detaillierten Wiedergabe der Architektur Stattdessen sind die wesentlichen Elemente des Bildes das farbige Licht und die Wiedergabe der Wirkung des Gebäudes in verschiedenen Lichtverhältnissen der Tageszeiten und der Witterungsbedingungen 1894 Oil on canvas 100 x 65 cm Institution Schlossmuseum Weimar accession number object history credit line Source photograph by sailko Cropped by Patrick87 PD-old-auto 1926 Modern paintings in the Schlossmuseum Weimar Rouen Cathedral by Monet Photographs by User Sailko |