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Rouen Cathedral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rouen Cathedral (Monet) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Claude Monet painted a series of paintings of the Rouen Cathedral . The paintings mostly have one viewpoint but are painted at different times of the day and under different weather circumstances.
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This is the third Cathedral to stand on this site. The first was built by the saint Bishop Mellon, first bishop of Rouen, in the third century, the second by Victrice, the eight bishop of Rouen.
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In 1892–93, Monet painted more than thirty views of Rouen Cathedral. Moving from one canvas to another as the day progressed, Monet painted the facade with highly textured brushstrokes that both convey the aspect of sculpted stone and make the atmosphere and light palpable.
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Rouen Revisited is an interactive installation in which users are invited to explore the facade of the Rouen Cathedral, as Monet might have painted it, from any angle, time of day, and degree of atmospheric haze. ... Synthetic views of the Rouen Cathedral derived (respectively) from: photographs taken in January 1996;
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; Claude Monet (artist); French, 1840 - 1926; Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, Sunlight, 1894 oil on canvas; Overall: 100.1 x 65.8 cm (39 3/8 x 25 7/8 in.) framed: 127.6 x 91.4 cm (50 1/4 x 36 in.); Chester Dale Collection;
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The cathedral goes back to William the Conqueror, just three years before his forces invaded England. There are traces of that in the lower stages of the St.Romain Tower, from the 12th century. ... Rouen Cathedra...
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