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Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son, sometimes known as The Stroll (French: La Promenade) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Claude Monet from 1875. The Impressionist work depicts his wife Camille Monet and their son Jean Monet in the period from 1871 to 1877 while they were living in Argenteuil, capturing a moment on a stroll on a windy summer's day.
Although it may seem that the Sun is the brightest spot on the canvas, it is in fact, when measured with a photometer, the same brightness (or luminance) as the sky. [12] Margaret Livingstone , a professor of neurobiology at Harvard University , said "If you make a black and white copy of Impression: Sunrise , the Sun disappears [almost] entirely."
Woman with a Parasol in a Garden: 1875: 55 cm × 65 cm (22 in × 26 in) Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid In the Garden - Under the Arbor at Moulin de la Galette (fr:Au jardin - Sous la tonnelle au Moulin de la Galette) 1875: 81 cm × 65 cm (32 in × 26 in) Pushkin Museum, Moscow The Grand Boulevards: 1875
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Ruth Parasol (born 1967), founder of PartyGaming, the parent company of online poker site PartyPoker.com; Parasol (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse; Parasol (satellite), a French-built Earth-observing research satellite; Parasol, a roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun
Parts of an umbrella [2]. The word parasol is a combination of the Latin parare, and sol, meaning 'sun'. [3] Parapluie (French) similarly consists of para combined with pluie, which means 'rain' (which in turn derives from pluvia, the Latin word for rain); the usage of this word was prevalent in the nineteenth century.
The chatra or chhatra, also known under various translations including the ceremonial, state, royal, or holy umbrella or parasol, is a symbol of royal and imperial power and sanctity in Indian art and a symbol of holiness in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. There are also various specific forms, including 3-, 7-, 8-, and 9-tiered chatra and the ...
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