The pattern in which Monet contributes goes far beyond beautiful paintings, and what he wrote about them, but is beautiful in itself; the complex transformations linking individual, social, and physical change.
Before settling in Giverny, his earlier works, and that of others, lead to the development of the impressionist genre. In 1890 Monet purchased his house in Giverny. There, he began the digging for the nympheas basin, leading to his work with water lillies. It was at this time he began painting his gardens, but this was after settling in Giverny.
Overall, as Monet's work progressed with depicting light, he worked more within his studio, away from the subject (nature). His move to Giverny, and the subsequent building of a large studio there, made possible his further pursuit of light and color. While at Giverny, he directed his gardeners to create his gardens, as he wished, to paint them. Monet's own development in depicting the transient lights and colors in his paintings influenced other painters, and co-evolved in his later life with the development of his gardens; together his social and physical spaces changed with him.
Monet is one who shaped his social and physical life space as he shaped himself, in extraordinary ways...
... and then there is Phillip in his classroom, with his students.
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