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MONET, Claude: Rouen Cathedral in Sunlight

🖼 Rouen Cathedral in Sunlight, 1892-94
Oil on canvas
107 × 74 cm
Williamstown, USA

Golden light floods the cathedral's facade, dissolving its stone surface into shimmering brushstrokes of lavender, pink, and cream. Monet's series revolutionized landscape painting by capturing how light transforms perception itself, abandoning traditional form for atmospheric sensation.

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