Nationalism & patriotism
Featured Artworks
Pont Neuf Paris
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1872)
In Pont Neuf Paris, Pierre-Auguste Renoir turns the oldest bridge in Paris into a stage where <strong>light</strong> and <strong>movement</strong> bind a city back together. From a high perch, he orchestrates crowds, carriages, gas lamps, the rippling Seine, and a fluttering <strong>tricolor</strong> so that everyday bustle reads as civic grace <sup>[1]</sup>.
Beach at Trouville
Claude Monet (1870)
Beach at Trouville turns the Normandy resort into a stage where <strong>modern leisure</strong> meets <strong>restless weather</strong>. Monet’s diagonal boardwalk, wind-whipped <strong>red flags</strong>, and white <strong>parasols</strong> marshal the eye through a day animated by light and air rather than by individual stories <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>. The work asserts Impressionism’s claim to immediacy—there is even <strong>sand embedded in the paint</strong> from working on site <sup>[1]</sup>.
Regatta at Sainte-Adresse
Claude Monet (1867)
On a brilliant afternoon at the Normandy coast, a diagonal <strong>pebble beach</strong> funnels spectators with parasols toward a bay scattered with <strong>white-sailed yachts</strong>. Monet’s quick, broken strokes set <strong>wind, water, and light</strong> in synchrony, turning a local regatta into a modern scene of leisure held against the vastness of sea and sky <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>.