Art

ARTlacks a satisfactory definition. It is easier to describe it as the way something is done -- the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others(Britannica Online)-- rather than what it is.

Art analysis is one of the most difficult jobs.

Claude Monet was born on 14 November 1840 on the 5th floor of 45 rue Laffitte, in the ninth arrondissement of Paris.

On the first of April 1851, Monet entered Le Havre secondary school of the arts. Locals knew him well for his charcoal caricatures, which he would sell for ten to twenty HYPERLINK httpen.wikipedia.orgwikiFranc o Franc francs. Monet also undertook his first drawing lessons from HYPERLINK httpen.wikipedia.orgwikiJacques-FranC3A7ois_Ochard o Jacques-Franois Ochard Jacques-Franois Ochard, a former student of HYPERLINK httpen.wikipedia.orgwikiJacques-Louis_David o Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David. On the beaches of Normandy in about 18561857 he met fellow artist HYPERLINK httpen.wikipedia.orgwikiEugC3A8ne_Boudin o Eugne Boudin Eugne Boudin, who became his mentor and taught him to use oil paints. Boudin taught Monet  HYPERLINK httpen.wikipedia.orgwikiEn_plein_air o En plein air en plein air (outdoor) techniques for painting.

The above painting is my favourite one as yet.
Considering all what has been mentioned above to analyze a drawing, I draw the following conclusions
What I love about Monets work is that he expresses things in such a realistic way that a 2-dimensional picture shows as if we are looking at the scene through a window.

When we look at the picture, the first thing our eyes go is The Sun, around which the whole picture revolves, as the name defines, it expresses the impression of Sun-Rise. Color saturation in the sun creates a psychological effect. This is something really appreciable about this work of Claude Monet that he has been successful in assigning more significance to what the whole idea is about. He has defined the sun through such a bright shade of orange that it does not take a minute for one to realize that this picture conveys something about the Sun.

I am passionate about art and have seen a lot of artists work. That is why, I know water-art is among the most complex and intricate portraying arts. In the above picture, the way Claude Monet has portrayed the shadows in the water speaks of his immaculate talent.

To portray shadows of the sun and the boats, Claude has marked the areas in broken lines with the respective colors of sun and boats. Shadows are broken exactly the way they do when looked at in waters in real life.

In the picture, it can be noticed that the two boats sailing in the water are colored black because Claude has shown the time of sunrise, before which everything appears nothing but black.

We can notice in the picture that there are some poles trees on the river-shore. But that would be always a guess because Claude wants to portray mist which blurrs everything early in the morning.
We see alternately shades of orange and blue when the sun rises as shown in the picture.

One color can have thousands of shades. But to choose among all those, the shade that most honestly describes the real situation is a big art. The combination of colors chosen by Claude Monet in this picture is the most deserving for portraying the time of sunrise.

The most critical concept which is the most difficult to portray always is the Right Proportioning of the sizes of all elements of a scene, so that the lines speak of the distance each item has with respect to others, without having to mention their mutual distance in numerics. In the picture displayed, Claude has been so careful in assigning the sizes to each element, that make the picture seem like if some real sun-rising scene has been applied effects on.

In the picture, lines showing waves in the water grow in size as we move towards the right-down portion of the picture, which speaks of the exact location from which the image was captured.
Brightness of the orange used to define sun complements the dullness offered by black used to define the time when night is transforming into day.

Hats off to Claude for he had such a deep observation.

 Many artists are known to express that the mood they are in while creating the portrait greatly influences the feelings that originate from the finished product. Even a happy song if played during portraying would convince the artist to portray happiness in the scenario, and a sad one can do it the other way round. Many artists have worked all their life portraying sadness or happiness. This is done through the selection of the shades of colors to define the scenario. The work of an artist is a reflection of his point of view on matters. We can easily judge if an artist is optimist or a pessimist just by looking at his work. An artists work speaks of his mentality, what he is interested in, what his personality is like.

One cannot expect a peace-loving artist to portray war. This would be like asking an architect to deign a building from a Civil engineers point of view.

Before I go into the detail of what idea the painter would have tried to convey through this picture, it is rational to realize that many times, it so happens that people find paintings attractive, although they interpret their meaning in their own way. Many times the idea being conveyed through a painting is multi-directional and covers various social, political, and religional aspects and is complex to understand. Many a times, we fail to do justice to the integrity of the art we art looking at, when interpreting the meanings of shades of colors, orientation of lines, and sizes of elements that are used to define the situation.

Since most of Claude Montes work portrays nature, it can be said that Claude was a true admirer of beauty. he might be a very religious person because almost everybody likes beautiful natural scenes, but if one loves them so much as to capture them in ones art, that means one really appreciates the creator of those scenes. Moreover, like many of his paintings, Claude has portrayed the sunrise and not the sunset, and this is considered to be a positive sign, therefore speaks of Claudes optimism and positive approach.

Role of an artist
I truly think the words I have used to describe this picture do not at all do justice to the grace of the picture, but as we know one picture is worth one thousand words. Therefore, artists can play a big role in the making or breaking of a society. Just like poets, who influence people with careful selection of words and appropriate sentence construction, artists influence society through integrating carefully selected shades into a picture that conveys an idea in a unique and effective style that leaves a long-lasting impact on peoples minds, and can magically transform views of individuals from positive to negative and vice versa.

Issues of artists
Today, we have artists with tremendous talents in our society, but there are a lot of issues that keep them from surfacing and getting fame, among which are lack of awareness, finances, education, and the status artists enjoy in a society. Many talented artists like poets are known to have lived from hand to mouth in Eastern culture, because of less exposure to opportunities. Therefore converting good artists into bad engineers and doctors who are in search of a secure future.