A History of European Art

Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, Sunlight, 1894, oil on canvas,

39 3/8 x 25 7/8” (100.05 x 65.8 cm), National Gallery of Art, Washington,

D.C., USA.

The Rue Montorgeuil, Paris, Celebration of June 30, 1878, 1878, oil on

canvas, 32 x 20” (81 x 50.5 cm), Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France.

Waterlilies: The Morning (left section), from Waterlilies series,

c. 1917–25, oil on canvas, Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, France.

Dunlop, Degas.

Tucker, Shackelford (contributor), and Stevens (contributor), Monet in the
20 th Century.

1. Choose two contrasting paintings from one of Monet’s series and
   describe their differences.


2. Give examples from the artist’s work of some of the subjects that seemed
   to attract Degas.

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