At first sight, Monet & Architecture may seem like just another excuse to bathe in that unequalled light (et pourquoi pas?). Monet painted it more than once. Monet’s paintings of the gothic facade of Rouen Cathedral, painted in the early 1890s, are mind-stretching marvels. The colours vary fantastically: a pink cathedral, a yellow cathedral, a violet cathedral, a gold cathedral. Decades before the first world war even began, Monet was painting to restore the heart of a heartless world.

Source: The Guardian April 05, 2018 14:28 UTC