This generously illustrated volume on the work of Monet makes the world's
greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. Monet's
dazzling depictions of flowers, sunsets, fields, and oceans, in which line and
shape are suggested through pure color, changed the way we perceive our natural
surroundings. His numerous series, in which he depicts the same object at
varying times of the day and in different seasons, pushed the limits of
representational art. His final series of water lilies are considered to have
ushered in the abstract movement of the twentieth century. Overflowing with
images, this book offers full-page spreads of masterpieces as well as