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Categories for the Description of Works of Art


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Landscape painting 2

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: painting
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Classification Terms:
            paintings
            European art
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Titles or Names Text: Wheatstacks, Snow Effect, Morning
    Preference: preferred
    Type: repository
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Creation Creator Description: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926) Free text
  Identity: Monet, Claude
Role: painter
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  Creation Date: 1891 
Earliest: 1891  Latest: 1891
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  Creation Place/Original Location: Giverny (Haute-Normandie, France) Free text
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Style/Period/Group/ Movement Indexing Terms: Impressionist
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Measurements Dimensions Description: 65 x 100 cm (25 9/16 x 39 3/8 inches) Free text
  Value: 65 Unit: cm Type: height
Value:
100 Unit: cm Type: width
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Materials and Techniques Description: oil on canvas Free text
  Material Names:
        oil paint  Role: medium
        canvas Role: support
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Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
        landscape
       Giverny (Haute-Normandie, France)
        wheatstacks
        field
        snow
        light
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Descriptive Note Text: In May 1891 Monet began his first series, using wheatstacks just outside his garden at Giverny, producing 30 canvases depicting wheatstacks in various conditions of light and weather. Free text
  Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum online
Page: accessed 1 July 2005
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Related Works Broader Context: Wheatstacks; series; 1890-1891 System generated
Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United States)
Repository Numbers: 95.PA.63
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Revised 6 December 2006