peonies and canary hokusai

peonies and canary hokusaiPeonies were popular in gardens during the Edo period. Katsushika Hokusai takes up this subject with talent by painting this composition. The flowers are faithfully represented, brought to life by elegant gradations. The play of light and shadow accentuates the volume and makes the painting more realistic. One would almost expect to see it come alive in a light breeze. The canary, with its wings spread, finishes by breathing life and movement into

interlaced arabesques

All eyes are focused on this symbol of hope and renewal: both the artist's and the people in the foreground

Vincent Van Gogh chose to depict the branches of an almond tree - one of the earliest trees in spring - to symbolize the blossoming of a new life

without which life would be impossible

A melancholic homage to Klimt's Kiss

The composition of the painting seems to dance in the gentle breeze

Monet's impressionist technique of rapid

he incorporates into his setting obvious markers of modernity for his time: a metal bridge

The artist was staying near Lake Annecy in Haute-Savoie

This impressionnist painting is singular in the preponderant role that the artist gives to the figure in the landscape

The whiteness of the sheets as a breakthrough of hope illuminates the uncertainties governing the human condition of loving hearts

This work by Michelangelo is one of nine frescoes inspired by the book of Genesis on the central part of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City