Courbet, Burial at Ornans, 1849.	Manet, Concert at the Tuileries, 1862.
Claude Monet (1840-1926), Lady in the Garden, 1866-67.	Monet, Ladies in a Garden, 1867.
	Monet, Impression Sunrise, 1872.
Monet, Rouen Cathedral, 1894.	Rouen Cathedral in the 1890's.
Monet, Rouen Cathedral, morning sun, 1894	Corot, Chartres Cathedral, 1830.
Monet, Rouen Cathedral, grey weather- Harmony in Grey, 1894.
Edgar Degas (1834-1917), The Orchestra at the Opera, 1868.	Degas, Woman with Chrysanthemums, 1865.
Degas, Prima Ballerina, 1876.	Degas, The Dancer at the Bouquet, 1876.
Degas, Before the Ballet, 1888.	Degas, Ballet Rehearsal, 1874.

Monet, 1889- "When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you -- a tree, a house, a field, or whatever. Merely think, here is a little square of blue, here an oblong pink, here a streak of yellow, and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact color and shape, until it gives you your own naive impression of the scene before you."

Courbet, Burial at Ornans, 1849.	Manet, Concert at the Tuileries, 1862.

Compare and contrast these works. Note what Manet has derived from the "Realist" vision of Courbet, and define important innovations in Manet's work.

Monet, Rouen Cathedral, 1894.	Corot, Chartres Cathedral, 1830.

Compare and contrast these works. Note what Monet has derived from the "Realist" vision of Corot, and define important innovations in Monet's work.

Monet, Impression-Sunrise, 1872.	Degas, Prima Ballerina, 1876.

Monet and Degas are two major figures in Impressionism. Compare these two paintings to demonstrate significant parallels between the two artists' works. Also define significant differences in these artists' works.

Monet, Rouen Cathedral, Morning, 1894.	Monet, Rouen Cathedral, Grey Weather, 1894.
Monet, Rouen Cathedral, Morning Sun, 1894.	Detail of Monet, Rouen Cathedral, Morning Sun, 1894.
Monet, Gare St. Lazare, 1877.	Detail of Monet's Gare St. Lazare.
Monet's Water Lilies At the end of his career, between 1914 and 1926, Monet did a remarkable series of paintings of the water lilies in his garden at Giverny. The images below are of a couple of these on display in Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris. Following Monet's intentions, they are displayed on curved walls to immerse the viewer into the paintings.
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