[Republicanprofessor]

I was looking forward to your comments.

Monet was definitely influenced by Turner, and I love that Turner of the burning of the (old) Houses of Parliament. It shows how his work is all fire, air, water and very little solid ground. Even the bridge at the right hardly looks solid.

I do a funny thing in class with Monet and works like these. If you could "punch your hand" at the objects in the painting, would you hit something solid? With Monet, even his cathedrals seem like air and you could punch with impunity. Same with Turner. (Now, with the Post-Impressionists, you'd hit something solid and hurt your hand.) Don't do this in a real museum; you could be in for $40 million worth of damage!

Sorry your Pether work did not come through. I don't know his work.

[AnAmericanMother]

Dang, it was there a minute ago!

Mid- to late-Victorian English painter (1830-1902). Somewhat pedestrian but very atmospheric work. Best known for his pictures of water by moonlight.

[Sam Cree]

The writer doesn't make his point. It would have helped if he'd mentioned what it is that he really liked. I guess I am not taking him seriesly after having read this (silly) sentence:

"I prefer the exquisite Dionysian ferocity of Matisse’s Dance I, which emphasizes communal release"