Will be sure to report back on the journals. o7 I tend to swing between moments when I'm willing to read about the more grim accounts, and times when I just can't handle it. Dying in such a remote place... brrrr. But at least Scott's story isn't as awful as some of the other stuff. (The Franklin expedition. /SHUDDER)
Re: Monet, no worries, I like hearing people talk about stuff they like.
There was this bit where it talked about how he had to keep sending someone to fetch him more canvasses, because the light changed, and so he decided to start an entirely new one, because it looked different... There's something really cool about that dedication to capture a moment.
With that particular series, I think part of my "meh" reaction to them comes from the specific paintings that were included in this particular book... they were mostly foggy/wintery ones, whereas the ones with summer lighting (which I'm seeing as I look the series up on the intertubes right now) are much more to my taste. I guess I like his work best when it's bright.
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Date: 2017-04-06 06:42 pm (UTC)Re: Monet, no worries, I like hearing people talk about stuff they like.
There was this bit where it talked about how he had to keep sending someone to fetch him more canvasses, because the light changed, and so he decided to start an entirely new one, because it looked different... There's something really cool about that dedication to capture a moment.
With that particular series, I think part of my "meh" reaction to them comes from the specific paintings that were included in this particular book... they were mostly foggy/wintery ones, whereas the ones with summer lighting (which I'm seeing as I look the series up on the intertubes right now) are much more to my taste. I guess I like his work best when it's bright.