On a Sunday morning I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I saw many amazing, interesting and beautiful paintings and sculptures. As I was walking around, I spotted a painting by Claude Oscar Monet. This painting was called "Terrace at Sainte-Adresse," which is also known as the "Garden at Sainte-Adresse." Since I was so interested in this painting scenery, I approached someone who worked there and asked questions about it. Claude Monet was the …showed first 75 words of 641 total…

…showed last 75 words of 641 total…to capture reality and analyze the ever-changing nature of light and color. The freedom of his brushwork and the paint that he used which is oil on canvas was audacious use of color in his work was to record his surroundings faithfully from Paris. Monet's work was very detailed and dreamy. The beauty of "Terrace at Sainte-Adresse" was based on the gardens and the ocean front view that he created at Giverny in northeastern France.