Impressions On And Of Calanais Tursachan Callanish II 2 Two With Monet Moments Within The Mix 4 of 8 Making and Breaking The Connection (also 24-31 of 31)

Some said Monet painted Roen Cathedral at every hour of the day and went from canvas to canvas as the light changed throughout each day to finish his flat pale low contrast depictions all the way through to deep Sun rich yellows into burnt evening reds and ambers. He did paint the Cathedral again and again his pictures portraying the different light upon the same scene. The light brought out detail and it shaded sections, colour changed and it in turn changed the character of the same stone structure. Light gave an atmospheric change that altered the emotive response from the painter and from the viewer.

Artists creating their picture on site outdoors is often termed, “En plein air,” for outdoor painting, but Monet in capturing Sunlight created pictures, “plein soleil,” full Sun images giving acknowledgement to the elemental power within the creation process. Monet from a perspective of the time had in the Cathedral a constant a structure venerated and regulated that held impressions of permanence and a rock steady stone construction exhibiting the finest reverence to God the generator and creative centre of life. The Sun striking and shading, colouring and clouding on the same surface created many impressions, some of which Monet sought to reveal in his works that in turn were mirrors of God’s work. He is said to have made more than Thirty full representations of Roen Cathedral working similar scenes in the different light available over his time there. Twenty of his works from Roen were exhibited together and some of the pictures have been collected together again for exhibitions and now through art in books and online we can see his many images brought together appreciated beside one another.

The light and shadow at Megalithic Monument is a part of the structure. Beyond the flat base levelled in construction of site there is the horizon and the surrounds that determine the position of the structure. The stones chosen and carefully sited create the frame for a tapestry to be woven in light and shadow that creates a physical pattern all around and within the hallow. Several Megalithic Monuments have had their central stones destroyed as these stones created shadow conceptions from the central stone to the waiting encircled stones. The central shadow casting stones in their shadow created an alignment not unlike a sundial and the Megalithic Monuments produced a sign that it was the time for holidays and feasts that were a part of the older calendar fixed on Solar Cycle.

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Calanais Standing Stones
12m west of Stornoway off the A859, Isle of Lewis
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Taken in: UK / Scotland / Callanish (show map)

Taken on: June 23, 2022

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