↗France, late 19th century-early 20th century · c. 1915–26
Water Lilies (Agapanthus)
Claude Monet
Colour palette
#2B321F#756543#624A2E#968B67#CEC0A2#56351D
Approximate colour proportions
Estimated from six colour groups in the museum image, including visible paper or borders. Reproduction and lighting affect the result; these are image-area proportions, not pigment measurements.
Accent colours
Small, vivid details detected in the image. These areas are already included in the dominant groups above; their percentages are not added to the total.
#B96940≈ 0.85%
Photo: Birmingham Museums Trust, CC0 · Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Image licence: CC0 · Web image resized for display. · Museum record & image source ↗
England · 1882
Proserpine
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Not listed in the source consulted
- Country / context
- England
- Movement / tradition
- Pre-Raphaelite movement · Source ↗
- Collection
- Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
- Pathway
- European and American art ↗
ABOUT THIS WORK
A pomegranate, ivy and a lamp surround a figure enclosed by dark tones. Examine the contrast between the green garment and warm hair and fruit. The composition compresses space, concentrating attention on the relationship between the figure, her gesture and the objects she holds.
Original educational overview · based on the linked museum recordA MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.
