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The guns could be heard in Giverny, only a short distance from
the front, and soldiers on their way
to and from the trenches passed through the village. Stubborn as ever, Monet refused to leave his home, saying he would rather die in front
of his paintings. With the world
in turmoil around him, he retreated to his studio. Monet's own son, Michel, answered
the call to join the fight. When he's here at home,
working on these paintings, he's terribly worried. As he writes in one letter, he says,
"How could I possibly be involved "with such mundane matters
as a choice of colour, or brushwork, "when people are dying
for this country?" And that's when we look at
these water lily paintings, we have to realise that they are
imbued with the terrors and the traumas of that moment
the front, and soldiers on their way
to and from the trenches passed through the village. Stubborn as ever, Monet refused to leave his home, saying he would rather die in front
of his paintings. With the world
in turmoil around him, he retreated to his studio. Monet's own son, Michel, answered
the call to join the fight. When he's here at home,
working on these paintings, he's terribly worried. As he writes in one letter, he says,
"How could I possibly be involved "with such mundane matters
as a choice of colour, or brushwork, "when people are dying
for this country?" And that's when we look at
these water lily paintings, we have to realise that they are
imbued with the terrors and the traumas of that moment
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The guns could be heard in Giverny,
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only a short distance from
the front,
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and soldiers on their way
to and from the trenches passed
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through the village.
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Stubborn as ever,
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Monet refused to leave his home,
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saying he would rather die in front
of his paintings.
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With the world
in turmoil around him,
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he retreated to his studio.
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Monet's own son, Michel, answered
the call to join the fight.
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When he's here at home,
working on these paintings,
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he's terribly worried.
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As he writes in one letter, he says,
"How could I possibly be involved
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"with such mundane matters
as a choice of colour, or brushwork,
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"when people are dying
for this country?"
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And that's when we look at
these water lily paintings,
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we have to realise that they are
imbued with the terrors
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and the traumas of that moment.
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Movie Summary
Four young British art historians delve into six decades of the BBC archives to discover the powerful way in which television influences our understanding of the world's greatest artists.
